Kitayama Rail Pages
Fukui Tetsudō


Lines on this page
Railway Line Linetype
Fukutetsu FukubuNon JR railway

Fukubu (branch)Tramway

Fukutetsu 福井鉄道  Fukui Tetsudō     Fukui Railway
The major owner is Meitetsu (Nagoya Railway).

Fukubu 福武線 1067 mm     600V DC
You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Tsuruga
Fukui
Fukui City
Opened1924 - 1933Shiyakushomae - Takefu-shinTracksDouble trackTawaramachi - Hanandō
1950Shiyakushomae - TawaramachiSingle trackHanandō - Takefu-shin
RenamedMarch 25, 2010Takefu-shin > Echizen-Takefu
As well as four other stations
From Tawaramachi to Tetsuki-bunkaiten (2.8 km), the line is classified as Tramway, the rest of the line is Railway.
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmNotesCityPrefecture
Tawaramachi Echizen: Mikuni Awara 0.0
Fukui-shi Fukui
Shiyakusho-mae Fukutetsu: Fukubu (branch) 1.3
Fukui-shi
Hanandō
4.0
Fukui-shi
Shinmei
12.4
Sabae-shi
Nishi-Sabae
15.6
Sabae-shi
Echizen-Takefu JR West: Hokuriku Hon [Takefu] 20.9 Ex Takefu-shin Echizen-shi

Traffic pattern The traffic pattern was accurate at: Jun 17, 2011
TypeOrigin - Major stops - DestinationTrains
per day
Fastest
train
Average
speed
Express
Kyūkō
急行
Fukui-ekimae - Echizen-Takefu1039 min31 km/h
Local
Futsū
普通
Tawaramachi - Fukui-ekimae - Echizen-Takefu3655 min24 km/h
Fukui-ekimae - Echizen-Takefu150 min24 km/h
Tawaramachi - Echizen-Takefu452 min24 km/h
Tawaramachi - Shinmei135 min21 km/h


Fukubu (branch) 福武線 Tramway      1067 mm     600V DC
You can find a Kitayama Rail Map for this line on this page: Fukui City
Opened1933 
TracksDouble trackFukui-ekimae station is single track
MapionGoogle Major stations Connecting lines KmCityPrefecture
Shiyakusho-mae Fukutetsu: Fukubu 0.0 Fukui-shi Fukui
Fukui-ekimae Echizen: Katsuyama Eiheiji [Fukui], JR West: Hokuriku Hon [Fukui], JR West: Etsumi-hoku (Kuzuryū) [Fukui] 0.5 Fukui-shi

Traffic pattern
See above.


This page is updated Dec 30, 2011