Sekijūjimae Station

Sekijūjimae Station 赤十字前駅
Station entrance
Location	1-14-21 Minori, Fukui, Fukui （福井県福井市みのり1丁目14-21） Japan
Operated by	Fukui Railway
Line(s)	Fukubu Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1925
Previous names	Fukui-Shin (until 2010)
Traffic
Passengers ( (2007 MLITT data)	117,966

Sekijūjimae Station (赤十字前駅 Sekijūjimae-eki) is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Services

All Fukubu Line trains serve Sekijūjimae Station. The station is staffed between 7:10 and 19:30.

Surrounding area

• Long a suburb of Fukui, the area is mostly residential.
• To the east lies Minami-Fukui Freight Terminal on the Hokuriku Main Line, which is connected to SekijÅ«jimae Station by an underground tunnel.
• Other points of interest include:
  • Fukui Minori Post Office
  • Fukui Red Cross Hospital
  • Fukui Higashi School for the Disabled, Tsukimi Campus
  • Fukui Red Cross Blood Center
  • Fukui Municipal Minori Elementary School
  • Fukui Municipal Kida Elementary School
  • Fukui Municipal Meirin Junior High School

History

The station opened on July 26, 1925 as Fukui-Shin Station (福井新駅 Fukui-Shin-eki) and was renamed to the present name on March 25, 2010.^[1]

References

1. 川本光憲 (February 20, 2010). 新駅は「スポーツ公園駅」　福鉄福武線・武生新－西武生間 [New station named Sports Kōen Station, between Takefu-Shin and Nishi-Takefu, Fukutetsu Fukubu Line] (in Japanese). Chunichi Web. Retrieved June 26, 2010.

Coordinates: 36°02′55″N 136°13′00″E / 36.048474°N 136.216629°E