Mizui Station

Mizui Station

水居駅
Mizui Station; 水居駅
	Mizui Station
Location	23 Mizui, Mikuni-chō, Sakai-shi, Fukui-ken 913-0011; Japan
Coordinates	36°13′09″N 136°10′19″E / 36.219066°N 136.172059°ECoordinates: 36°13′09″N 136°10′19″E / 36.219066°N 136.172059°E
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	■ Mikuni Awara Line
Distance	22.0 km from Fukuiguchi
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	E41
Website	Official website
History
Opened	January 30, 1929
Passengers
FY2015	32 (daily)
Location
	Mizui Station Location within Japan

Mizui Station (水居駅, Mizui-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines[]

Mizui Station is served by the Mikuni Awara Line, and is located 22.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukuiguchi.

Station layout[]

The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform. The station is unstaffed.

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service
Mikuni Awara Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Awara-Yunomachi	Local	Mikuni-Jinja

History[]

Mizui Station was opened on January 30, 1929. On September 1, 1942 the Keifuku Electric Railway merged with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on August 10, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 32 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[]

The station's south side is mostly residential, while the north side is composed mainly of fields.
Fukui Prefecture Sakai Government Building is just to the north of the station

References[]

^ O-5.地方鉄道輸送状況(乗車1日平均) [Regional Railway Passenger Figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sakai City Government. 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

External links[]

Media related to Mizui Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[fukui_stats-1] O-5.地方鉄道輸送状況(乗車1日平均) [Regional Railway Passenger Figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sakai City Government. 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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