Katsuyama Station































































Katsuyama Station
勝山駅

Katsuyama station 2013.JPG
Katsuyama Station in November 2013

Location
34-2-7 Hishima, Onwa-chō, Katsuyama-shi, Fukui-ken 911-0831
Japan
Coordinates
36°03′23″N 136°29′32″E / 36.056336°N 136.49209°E / 36.056336; 136.49209Coordinates: 36°03′23″N 136°29′32″E / 36.056336°N 136.49209°E / 36.056336; 136.49209
Operated by
Echizen Railway logo.jpgEchizen Railway
Line(s)
■ Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Distance
27.8 km from Fukui
Platforms
1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks
1
Other information
Status
Staffed
Station code
E23
Website
Official website
History
Opened
March 11, 1914
Traffic

Passengers (FY2015)
395

Location



Katsuyama Station is located in Japan

Katsuyama Station

Katsuyama Station



Location within Japan



Katsuyama Station (勝山駅, Katsuyama-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.




Contents






  • 1 Lines


  • 2 Station layout


  • 3 Adjacent stations


  • 4 History


  • 5 Passenger statistics


  • 6 Surrounding area


  • 7 See also


  • 8 Reference


  • 9 External links





Lines


Katsuyama Station is a terminal station of the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line, and is located 27.8 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Fukui.



Station layout


The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a level crossing. 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.[1]



Adjacent stations
























«
 Service
»

Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Hossaka
  
 Express
(in direction of Fukui only)
  
Terminus

Hishima
  
 Local
  
Terminus


History


Katsuyama Station was opened on March 11, 1914. On March 2, 1942 the line was transferred to the transferred to Keifuku Electric Railway. The line connecting Katsuyama with Keifuku-Ōno was disconttinued on August 13, 1974 making Katsuyama the terminus of the line. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on October 19, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station.



Passenger statistics


In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 395 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]



Surrounding area



  • This station serves as the gateway station to Katsuyama, but the central business district is on the other side of the Kuzuryū River.

  • 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 Museum (16 minutes away by taxi)

    • Echizen Daibutsu (Seidaiji) (10 minutes away by bus)





See also


  • List of railway stations in Japan


Reference





  1. ^ "文化遺産データベース「えちぜん鉄道勝山駅本屋」". Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 2015-11-29..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ 117-1.えちぜん鉄道乗車人員 [Echizen Railway Passenger Statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Katsuyama City Government. 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.




External links


Media related to Katsuyama Station at Wikimedia Commons



  • Official website (in Japanese)








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