Echizen-Takefu Station (JR West)

Echizen-Takefu Station (越前たけふ駅, Echizen-takefu-eki)[1][2] is a railway station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, in Echizen, Fukui, Japan, to be operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is expected to open around spring 2024.[3][4]

Echizen-Takefu Station

越前たけふ駅
The station building under construction
General information
LocationEchizen, Fukui Prefecture
Japan
Operated byLogo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West
Line(s) Hokuriku Shinkansen (Opens Spring 2024)
History
Openingspring 2024 (scheduled)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Tsuruga
Terminus
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Under Construction
(Opens Spring 2024)
Fukui
Location
Echizen-Takefu Station is located in Fukui Prefecture
Echizen-Takefu Station
Echizen-Takefu Station
Location within Fukui Prefecture
Echizen-Takefu Station is located in Japan
Echizen-Takefu Station
Echizen-Takefu Station
Echizen-Takefu Station (Japan)

History

The station's name is currently being used by Fukui Railway's Echizen-Takefu Station, however the Shinkansen station will inherit the name "Echizen-Takefu Station" while Fukui Railway's station will revert to "Takefu-Shin Station" (last changed in 2010).

Lines

Echizen-Takefu Station will be served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen when the line is extended west of Kanazawa to Tsuruga around spring 2024, with direct services to and from Tokyo.

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. About new station name
  2. About new station name from Chunichi News
  3. "あと1年 第2部(3)新駅の課題" [One year to go Part 2 (3) Issues facing new stations]. Yomiuri Online. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  4. About time of opening a new station
  5. "ルート図" [Route map]. Fukui Prefecture. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

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