Hota Station (Fukui)

Hota Station 保田駅
Hota Station
Location	Hota, Shikadani-chō, Katsuyama, Fukui （福井県勝山市鹿谷町保田） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Connections
History
Opened	1916

Hota Station (保田駅, Hota-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

Only local trains serve Hota Station. One track serves a single platform, and the station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

Since the station is nestled between hills to the south and the Kuzuryū River to the north, there are few structures of note. Two light industrial plants lie to the southeast.
Fukui Prefectural Route 168 passes to the north.

History

August 21, 1916: Station opens.
June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
October 19, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

Adjacent stations

Stations of the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Fukui Shin-Fukui Fukuiguchi Echizen-Kaihotsu Echizen-Shinbo Oiwakeguchi Higashi-Fujishima Echizen-Shimabashi Kannonmachi Matsuoka Shiizakai Eiheijiguchi Shimoshii Kōmyōji Domeki Echizen-Nonaka Sannō Echizen-Takehara Kobunato Hota Hossaka Hishima Katsuyama

Coordinates: 36°04′11″N 136°27′06″E / 36.069857°N 136.451547°E / 36.069857; 136.451547

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