is a 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...

 on the Fukui Railway

Fukui Railway

is a bus and railway company located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Fukubu Line between Tawaramachi Station in Fukui and Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen.-Overview:...

 Fukubu and Echizen Railway

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:...

 Mikuni Awara

Mikuni Awara 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 Sakai with a total of 22 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2001; Echizen Railway took over the line in 2003....

 lines located in Fukui

Fukui, Fukui

is the capital of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The city is located in the north-central part of the prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan.-Demographics:...

, 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

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Fukui Railway

All Fukubu Line trains serve Tawaramachi station. There is a single platform; all trains on the line terminate here. The station is unstaffed.

Echizen Railway

All 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

Keifuku Electric Railroad

is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan in operation since March 2, 1942. It is a parent company of Keifuku Bus, and an affiliated company of Keihan Electric Railway, which owns 42.89% of the company stock...

 relinquished the station.

Surrounding area

Tawaramachi Station is just to the west of Phoenix-dōri (Prefectural Route 30). 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 Shrine

History

• 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
  Fukui Railway
  is a bus and railway company located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Fukubu Line between Tawaramachi Station in Fukui and Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen.-Overview:...
  
   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
  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:...
  
  
• March - April, 2006: Fukui Railway station platform height lowered

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