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Prefectures on this page: Fukui  
Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
Echizen Katsuyama EiheijiNon JR railway

Mikuni AwaraNon JR railway
Echizen EiheijiCLOSEDNon JR railway
Echizen えちぜん鉄道  Echizen Tetsudō     Echizen Railway
The lines belonged until Feb 1, 2003 to Keifuku - which also have lines in the Kyōtō area. The Keifuku lines in Fukui was then transferred to Echizen Tetsudō.
The main owners of Echizen Tetsudō are:
Sakai City (17.4%), Katusyama City (16.7%), Fukui City (16.1%).

Katsuyama Eiheiji 勝山永平寺線 1067 mm     600V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Fukui
Fukui City
Opened1914Shin-Fukui - KatsuyamaTracksSingle trackShin-Fukui - Fukuiguchi
Double track removed due
to Shinkansen works.
1929Fukui - Shin-FukuiDouble trackFukuiguchi - Echizen-Kaihotsu
TracksDouble trackFukui - Shin-FukuiSingle trackEchizen-Kaihotsu - Katsuyama
The traffic was suspended in June 2001 due to an accident. The line was reopened in July and October 2003 with a new owner and a new name. It was previously called Echizen hon (main) line.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmNotesCityPrefecture
Map Map Fukui Fukutetsu: Fukubu (branch) [Fukui-ekimae], JR West: Hokuriku Hon, JR West: Etsumi-hoku (Kuzuryū),
0.0
Fukui-shi Fukui
Map Map Shin-Fukui
0.5
Fukui-shi
Map Map Fukuiguchi Echizen: Mikuni Awara 1.5
Fukui-shi
Map Map Echizen-Kaihotsu
2.4
Fukui-shi
Map Map Eiheiji-guchi Echizen: Eiheiji 10.9 Ex Higashi-Furuichi Eiheiji-chō
Map Map Katsuyama
27.8
Katsuyama-shi

Traffic pattern
The section Fukui - Fukuiguchi is also served by Mikuni Awara line trains (see below).

The traffic pattern was accurate at: Mar 22, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Daytime
frequency		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通 		Fukui - Katsuyama33Every 30 min51 min33 km/h
Fukui - Eiheiji-guchi 1
24 min27 km/h


Mikuni Awara 三国芦原線 1067 mm     600V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages:
Fukui
Fukui City
OpenedFukuiguchi - Mikuni1928-1929TracksSingle track
Mikuni - Mikuni-minato1944
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Map Map Fukui
0.0 Fukui-shi Fukui
Map Map Fukuiguchi Echizen: Katsuyama Eiheiji 1.5 Fukui-shi Fukui
Map Map Tawaramachi Fukutetsu: Fukubu 3.6 Fukui-shi
Map Map Nishi-Nagata
13.2 Sakai-shi
Map Map Awarayunomachi
21.5 Awara-shi
Map Map Mikuni
25.7 Sakai-shi
Map Map Mikuni-Minato
26.7 Sakai-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern was accurate at: Mar 22, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day		Daytime
frequency		Fastest
train		Average
speed
Local
Futsū
普通 		Fukui - Mikuni-Minato33Every 30 min46 min35 km/h
Fukui - Nishi-Nagata2
28 min28 km/h


Eiheiji 1067 mm     600V DC
Opened1925
Closed21 Oct, 2002
Pictures from the closed Eiheiji line (Click on picture!)   
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmNotesCityPrefecture
Map Map Eiheiji-guchi Echizen: Katsuyama Eiheiji 10.9 Ex Higashi-Furuichi Eiheiji-chō Fukui
Map Map Eiheiji
17.1
Eiheiji-chō

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This page is updated Mar 21, 2011