Fukui Railway Fukubu Line

Fukui Railway Fukubu Line
Fukutetsu Series 200 (left) and Series 770 trains near Daimyōmachi intersection
Overview
OwnerFukui Railway
LocaleFukui Prefecture
Termini
Stations23
Service
TypeHeavy rail, Light rail, Interurban
History
Opened1924
Technical
Line length21.4 km (13.3 mi)[1]
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification600 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed
  • 65 km/h (40 mph)[1]
  • 40 km/h (25 mph) on street-running sections
Route map

Takefu
0.0
Takefu-shin
0.6
Kitago
Nanetsu Line
1.7
Sports Kōen
2.4
Iehisa
4.1
Sundome Nishi
5.3
Nishi-Sabae
6.0
Nishiyama-Kōen
Seiho Line
7.3
Mizuochi
8.5
Shinmei
9.7
Tobanaka
10.2
Nishi-Tobanaka
-1935
10.9
Sanjūhassha
13.0
Asōzu
13.8
Harmony Hall
15.5
Ebata
16.1
Bell-mae
16.9
Hanandō
17.8
Sekijūjimae
18.1
Street-running limit
18.4
Kidayotsutsuji
18.6
Fujishima Jinja-mae
-1962
18.9
Kōenguchi
19.0
Keya-machi
-1962
Hokuriku Main Line
Honchō-dōri
-2002
20.1
Fukui-Ekimae
19.6
Shiyakushomae
Echizen Railway
20.2
Jin'ai Joshikōkō
20.4
Matsumoto-dōri
-1964
20.9
Tawaramachi
Mikuni Awara Line

The Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (福井鉄道福武線, Fukui Tetsudō Fukubu-sen) is a 21.4-kilometre (13.3 mi) railway line operated by Fukui Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line runs from Takefu-shin Station in Echizen to Tawaramachi and Fukui-Ekimae stations in Fukui. Although it has its own right-of-way for most of the route, the Fukubu Line runs with traffic as a tram line past Sekijūjimae Station.

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