Nishi-Nagata Station

Nishi-Nagata Station 西長田駅
Nishi-Nagata Station
Location	20 Nishi-Nagata, Harue-chō, Sakai, Fukui （福井県坂井市春江町西長田20） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Mikuni Awara Line
Connections
History
Opened	1928

Nishi-Nagata Station (西長田駅, Nishi-nagata-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Nishi-Nagata Station. There are three tracks with one island and one side platform. The station is staffed except during early mornings and late nights on weekdays.

Surrounding area

• The area is mostly rice fields with scattered farming settlements. Fukui Prefectural Route 5 is 300 meters west.
• Other points of interest include:
  • Sakai City Ōishi Elementary School
  • Yurinosato Park

History

• December 20, 1928: Station opens.
• June 15, 1931: Maruoka Railway opens between Nishi-Nagata and Kami-Shinjō stations.
• September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
• December 1, 1944: Keifuku Electric Railway absorbs Maruoka Railway.
• July 11, 1968: Maruoka Line abolished.
• June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
• July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

Adjacent stations

Coordinates: 36°09′13″N 136°12′23″E / 36.153596°N 136.20639°E / 36.153596; 136.20639