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Fukuiguchi Station is an Echizen Railway railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It serves the Katsuyama Eiheiji and Mikuni Awara lines.StationAll Katsuyama Eiheiji Line and Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Fukuiguchi Station. The station was relocated from September 27, 2015 for a construction purpose. There is one island platform with two tracks.The station is staffed at all times. There is a railyard nearby, but the former owner Keifuku Electric Railway asked for it to be returned, so a new yard is being constructed in a space between the JR Hokuriku Main Line and the Mikuni Awara Line.Until 2015The original station was to the north of the current station. There were two island platforms and one other platform with a total of five tracks.Surrounding areaEchizen Railway company headquartersKeifuku Bus Reservation CenterFukui Prefectural HospitalFukui Prefecture Fukui East School for the DisabledFukui Shiiguchi Post OfficeFukui City Shinmei Junior High SchoolHistory February 11, 1914: Station opens. December 30, 1928: Fukuiguchi — Awara section opens. June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line. July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station. September 27, 2015: Station moves to temporary facilities.