Kitago Station

Location
	Kitago Station Location within Japan

Kitago Station

北府駅
Kitago Station; 北府駅
	Kitago Station entrance
General information
Location	2-3-20 Kitago, Echizen-shi, Fukui-ken 915-0802; Japan
Coordinates	35°54′36″N 136°10′00″E / 35.910122°N 136.166575°E
Operated by	Fukui Railway
Line(s)	■ Fukubu Line
Distance	0.6 km from Takefu-shin
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	;
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	F1
Website	Official website
History
Opened	February 23, 1924
Previous names	Nishi-Takefu (to 2010)
Location
Location
	Kitago Station Location within Japan

Kitago Station (北府駅, Kitago-eki) is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line railway station located in the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Kitago Station is served by the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line, and is located 0.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Takefu-shin.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level side platforms connected to the wooden station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended, but there is a public telephone and vending machine available.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Takefu-shin	Local	Sports Kōen

History

The station opened on February 23, 1924, as Nishi-Takefu Station (西武生駅, Nishi-Takefu-eki) and was renamed to the present name on March 25, 2010.^[1]

Surrounding area

Fukui Railway company headquarters
Fukui Railway train maintenance facility and bus depot
Takefu High School

References

^ 川本光憲 (February 20, 2010). 新駅は「スポーツ公園駅」　福鉄福武線・武生新－西武生間 [New station named Sports Kōen Station, between Takefu-Shin and Nishi-Takefu, Fukutetsu Fukubu Line] (in Japanese). Chunichi Web. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.

External links

Media related to Kitago Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] 川本光憲 (February 20, 2010). 新駅は「スポーツ公園駅」　福鉄福武線・武生新－西武生間 [New station named Sports Kōen Station, between Takefu-Shin and Nishi-Takefu, Fukutetsu Fukubu Line] (in Japanese). Chunichi Web. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.

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