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Imajō Station 今庄駅
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 / 35.7734; 136.1993
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
Location Imajō StationLocation within Japan

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

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

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Imajō-juku on the old Hokuriku-kaidō
• National Route 365
• National Route 476

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "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.
2. 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

Media related to Imajō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Hapi-Line Fukui Line and related lines
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Hapi-Line Fukui Line	Tsuruga* Minami-Imajō Imajō Yunoo Nanjō Ōshio Takefu* Sabae* Kita-Sabae Ōdoro Echizen-Hanandō (Minami-Fukui Freight Terminal) Fukui* Morita Harue Maruoka Awaraonsen Hosorogi Ushinoya Daishōji (for Kagaonsen>>)
IR Ishikawa Railway Line	(for Ushinoya<<) Daishōji Kagaonsen Iburihashi Awazu Komatsu Meihō Nomi-Neagari Komaiko Mikawa Kaga-Kasama Nishi-Mattō Mattō Nonoichi Nishi-Kanazawa Kanazawa** Higashi-Kanazawa Morimoto Tsubata (for Wakuraonsen>>) Kurikara (for Isurugi>>)
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	(for Tsubata<<) Kurikara Isurugi** Fukuoka Nishi-Takaoka Takaoka-Yabunami Takaoka** Etchū-Daimon Kosugi** Kureha Toyama** Shin-Toyamaguchi Higashi-Toyama Mizuhashi Namerikawa** Higashi-Namerikawa Uozu** Kurobe** Ikuji Nishi-Nyūzen Nyūzen** Tomari** Etchū-Miyazaki Ichiburi (for Oyashirazu>>)
ETR Nihonkai Hisui Line	(for Etchū-Miyazaki<<) Ichiburi Oyashirazu Ōmi Itoigawa Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan Kajiyashiki Uramoto Nō Tsutsuishi Nadachi Arimagawa Tanihama Naoetsu
See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen *: Rapid service stops | **: Ainokaze Liner stops | bold: Shirasagi/Thunderbird stops #: On the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, all Rapid services stop at Nanjō, except for one round trip, which stops at Imajō instead.

• Stations of Hapi-Line Fukui
• Railway stations in Fukui Prefecture
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896
• Hapi-Line Fukui Line
• Minamiechizen, Fukui