Imajō Station
Imajō Station 今庄駅 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Imajō Station in October 2022 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 74-6 Imajō, Minamiechizen-chō, Nanjō-gun, Fukui-ken 919-0131 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°46′24″N 136°11′57″E / 35.7734°N 136.1993°E | ||||
| Operated by | Hapi-Line Fukui | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line | ||||
| Distance | 19.2 km from Tsuruga | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 July 1896 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 165 daily | ||||
| |||||
Imajō Station (今庄駅, Imajō-eki) is a railway station on the Hapi-Line Fukui Line in the town of Minamiechizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Hapi-Line Fukui.
Lines
[edit]Imajō Station is served by the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, and is located 19.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsuruga.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line | for Fukui and Kanazawa |
| 2, 3 | ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line | for Tsuruga |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hapi-Line Fukui Line | ||||
| Tsuruga | Rapid | Takefu | ||
| Minami-Imajō | Local | Yunoo | ||
History
[edit]Imajō Station opened on 15 July 1896. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
Effective the 16 March 2024 timetable revision, this station is to be transferred to the Hapi-Line Fukui Line due to the opening of the western extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga.[1]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Imajō-juku on the old Hokuriku-kaidō
National Route 365
National Route 476
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "福井県並行在来線経営計画" [Fukui Prefecture Parallel Conventional Line Management Plan] (PDF). hapi-line.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ 駅別JR貨客輸送状況(1日平均) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Fukui Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Imajō Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
