Katsuyama Station
Encyclopedia
is an Echizen Railway
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
railway station
located in Katsuyama
, Fukui Prefecture
, Japan
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Echizen Railway
is a railway company located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line between Fukui and Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line between Fukui and Sakai.-History:...
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
The is a railway line operated by Echizen Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line stretches 27.8 km from the city of Fukui to Katsuyama with a total of 23 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2001; Echizen Railway took over the line in 2003....
railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in Katsuyama
Katsuyama, Fukui
is a city located in Fukui, Japan.As of October 1, 2005, the city has an estimated population of 26,961 and the density of 106.28 persons per km²...
, Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Station
All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Katsuyama Station. Three tracks serve two platforms, and the station is staffed. The station building is the original structure from 1914, and was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on February 17, 2004.Surrounding area
- This station serves as the gateway station to Katsuyama, but the central business district is on the other side of the Kuzuryū RiverKuzuryu RiverThe is a river flowing through Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It has its source at the Aburasaka Pass in the city of Ōno and empties into the Sea of Japan near the city of Sakai.-River system:...
. - Aside from a bus stop and taxi stand in front of the station, the only places of note are some shops and Osaka Special Alloy Co. Ltd.'s Katsuyama Plant.
- On the other side of the river, points of interest include:
- Katsuyama City Hall
- Katsuyama Post Office
- Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur MuseumFukui Prefectural Dinosaur MuseumThe is a dinosaur museum located in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In addition to being the only dedicated dinosaur museum in all of Japan, it is one of the "World's Three Great Dinosaur Museums" along with the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Canada and the Zigong...
(16 minutes away by taxi) - Echizen Daibutsu (Seidaiji) (10 minutes away by bus)
History
- March 11, 1914: Station opens.
- March 2, 1942: Line transferred to Keifuku Electric Railway.
- August 13, 1974: Katsuyama — Keifuku-Ōno section closed.
- June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
- October 19, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.