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Echizen-Shimabashi Station is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.StationAll Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Echizen-Shimabashi Station. Two tracks serve a single island platform, and the station is unstaffed.Surrounding areaThe station is on the edge of a cluster of homes but otherwise is surrounded by fields.The Hokuriku Expressway passes overhead to the east, with the Fukui-Kita interchange to the south. However, access to the station from the expressway is difficult and not recommended.Other points of interest include:National Route 416University of Fukui, Main Campus (1 km north)History February 11, 1919: Shimabashi Station opens. By 1934: Shimabashi Station renamed to Echizen-Shimabashi Station. June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line. July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.