Imajō Station

Location
	Imajō Station Location within Japan

Imajō Station

今庄駅
Imajō Station; 今庄駅
	Imajō Station in October 2022
General information
Location	74-6 Imajō, Minamiechizen-chō, Nanjō-gun, Fukui-ken 919-0131; Japan
Coordinates	35°46′24″N 136°11′57″E / 35.7734°N 136.1993°E
Operated by	Hapi-Line Fukui
Line(s)	■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Distance	19.2 km from Tsuruga
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 July 1896
Passengers
FY2016	165 daily
Location
Location
	Imajō Station Location within Japan

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Imajō Station (今庄駅, Imajō-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

Imajō Station is served by the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, and is located 19.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsuruga.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line	for Fukui and Kanazawa
2, 3	■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line	for Tsuruga

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Tsuruga	Rapid	Takefu
Minami-Imajō	Local	Yunoo

History

Imajō Station opened on 15 July 1896. 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.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Imajō-juku on the old Hokuriku-kaidō
National Route 365
National Route 476

References

^ "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.
^ 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 Imajō Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[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.

[fukui_stats-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.

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