Tawaramachi Station (Fukui) 2.09

Tawaramachi Station is a railway station on the Fukui Railway Fukubu and Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara lines located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.ServicesFukui RailwayAll Fukubu Line trains serve Tawaramachi station. There is a single platform; all trains on the line terminate here. The station is unstaffed.Echizen RailwayAll Mikuni Awara Line trains stop at this staffed station. There is a single platform serving a single track. The station was renovated after the Keifuku Electric Railroad Company relinquished the station.Surrounding areaTawaramachi Station is just to the west of Phoenix-dōri . Since the University of Fukui's Bunkyō Campus, Hokuriku High School, Fujishima High School and many other educational institutions are located in the vicinity, students are a common sight in mornings and evenings.Other points of interest include: Fukui Tawaramachi Post Office Phoenix Plaza Fukui Municipal Gymnasium Fukui City Library Fukui Prefectural Art Museum Fukui Prefecture Gokoku ShrineHistory April 1, 1937: Mikuni Awara Electric Railway station opens September 1, 1942: Mikuni Awara Electric Railway merges with Keifuku Electric Railroad Company April 20, 1944: Operations ceased, station closed November 27, 1950: Fukui Railway Fukubu Line station opens; Keifuku Electric Railroad station reopens June 25, 2001: Keifuku Electric Railroad station closed July 20, 2003: Mikuni Awara Line station reopens as a part of Echizen Railway March - April, 2006: Fukui Railway station platform height lowered