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Railway station in Minamiechizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Minami-Imajō Station
南今庄駅
Minami-Imajō Station shortly after its handover from JR West in March 2024
General information
Location7-10 Imajō, Minamiechizen-chō, Nanjō-gun, Fukui-ken 919-0135
Japan
Coordinates35°45′27″N 136°11′5″E / 35.75750°N 136.18472°E / 35.75750; 136.18472
Operated byHapi-Line Fukui
Line(s)Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Distance16.6 km from Tsuruga
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround level
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 June 1962
Passengers
FY201616 daily
Location
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Minami-Imajō Station (南今庄駅, Minamiimajō-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

Minami-Imajō Station is served by the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, and is located 16.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsuruga.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platform connected by a level crossing. There is no station building. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1 ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line for Fukui and Kanazawa
2 ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line for Tsuruga

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Tsuruga Local Imajō

History

Minami-Imajō Station opened on 10 June 1962. 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 16 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

  • Hokuriku Tunnel

See also

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 Minami-Imajō Station at Wikimedia Commons

Stations of the Hapi-Line Fukui Line and related lines
Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) Hokuriku Main Line
Biwako Line A
Hokuriku Line
Hapi-Line Fukui Line
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Ainokaze Toyama
Railway Line
ETR Nihonkai Hisui Line
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.
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