Tawaramachi Station (Fukui)

Tawaramachi Station 田原町駅
Tawaramachi Station Fukubu Line platform
Location	1-20-7 Tawara, Fukui, Fukui （福井県福井市田原1-20-7） Japan
Operated by	Fukui Railway, Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Fukui Railway Fukubu Line, Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1937

Tawaramachi Station (田原町駅 Tawaramachi-eki) is a railway station on the Fukui Railway Fukubu and Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara lines located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Services

Fukui Railway

All Fukubu Line trains serve Tawaramachi station. There is a single platform; all trains on the line terminate here. The station is unstaffed.

Echizen Railway

All Mikuni Awara Line trains stop at this staffed station. There is a single platform serving a single track. The station was renovated after the Keifuku Electric Railroad Company relinquished the station.

Surrounding area

Tawaramachi Station is just to the west of Phoenix-dōri (Prefectural Route 30). Since the University of Fukui's Bunkyō Campus, Hokuriku High School, Fujishima High School and many other educational institutions are located in the vicinity, students are a common sight in mornings and evenings.

Other points of interest include:

• Fukui Tawaramachi Post Office
• Phoenix Plaza
• Fukui Municipal Gymnasium
• Fukui City Library
• Fukui Prefectural Art Museum
• Fukui Prefecture Gokoku Shrine

History

• April 1, 1937: Mikuni Awara Electric Railway station opens
• September 1, 1942: Mikuni Awara Electric Railway merges with Keifuku Electric Railroad Company
• April 20, 1944: Operations ceased, station closed
• November 27, 1950: Fukui Railway Fukubu Line station opens; Keifuku Electric Railroad station reopens
• June 25, 2001: Keifuku Electric Railroad station closed
• July 20, 2003: Mikuni Awara Line station reopens as a part of Echizen Railway
• March - April, 2006: Fukui Railway station platform height lowered

Adjacent stations

Coordinates: 36°04′30″N 136°13′03″E / 36.074869°N 136.217389°E