Mikata Station
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Mikata Station 三方駅 | |||||
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 Mikata Station in August 2009 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 43-5 Mikata, Wakasa-cho, Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui-ken 919-1303 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°33′20″N 135°54′34″E / 35.5555°N 135.9094°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR West | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Obama Line | ||||
| Distance | 24.7 km from Tsuruga | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 December 1917 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2016 | 89 daily | ||||
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Mikata Station (三方駅, Mikata-eki) is a railway station in the town of Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Mikata Station is served by the Obama Line, and is located 24.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsuruga.
Station layout
The station consists of one island platform, of which one side is not in operation and is now a flower bed. The other side serves as a side platform serving a single bi-directional track, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Obama Line | ||||
| Kiyama | Local | Fujii | ||
Local Transport
- Wakasa town bus Tsunegami-Mikata line.
- Rental bicycle.
History
Mikata Station opened on 15 December 1917. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 89 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
National Route 27
National Route 162- Wakasa Town Hall
- Torihama shell mound 15-20 min walk
- Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum 20-25 min walk.
- Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum 20-25 min walk.
See also
References
- ^ 駅別JR貨客輸送状況(1日平均) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Fukui Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja)
- CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles needing additional references from August 2018
- All articles needing additional references
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Articles with Japanese-language sources (ja)
- Obama Line
- Stations of West Japan Railway Company
- Railway stations in Fukui Prefecture
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 1917
- Wakasa, Fukui