Mizui Station

Mizui Station 水居駅
Mizui Station
Location	23 Mizui, Mikuni-chō, Sakai, Fukui （福井県坂井市三国町水居23） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Mikuni Awara Line
Connections
History
Opened	1929

Mizui Station (水居駅, Mizui-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

Only local trains serve Mizui Station. There is one track serving a single platform, and the station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

The station's south side is mostly residential, while the north side is composed mainly of fields.
Fukui Prefecture Sakai Government Building is just to the north of the station

History

January 30, 1929: Station opens.
September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
August 10, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

Adjacent stations

Stations of the Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line

Fukui Shin-Fukui Fukuiguchi Matsumoto Machiya Nishi-Betsuin Tawaramachi Fukudaimae-Nishi-Fukui Nikkakagaku-Mae Yatsushima Nittazuka Nakatsuno Jin'ai Ground-Mae Washizuka-Haribara Tarōmaru Nishi-Harue Nishi-Nagata Shimo-Hyōgo Ōzeki Honjō Banden Awara-Yunomachi Mizui Mikuni-Jinja Mikuni Mikuni-Minato

Coordinates: 36°13′09″N 136°10′19″E / 36.219066°N 136.172059°E / 36.219066; 136.172059

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