Matsuoka Station

Matsuoka Station 松岡駅
Matsuoka Station
Location	1 Matsuoka-Shinmei, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui （福井県吉田郡永平寺町松岡神明1） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1914

Matsuoka Station (松岡駅, Matsuoka-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Eiheiji, Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Matsuoka Station. Two tracks serve two side platforms. The station is staffed at all times.

Surrounding area

The station is in the midst of a residential and commercial area on the edge of Eiheiji Town's central area.
Eiheiji Town Hall is a short distance west of the station.
National Route 416 passes to the south.

History

February 11, 1914: Matsuoka Station opens.
June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
July 20, 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°05′38″N 136°18′07″E / 36.093981°N 136.301934°E / 36.093981; 136.301934

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