Katsuyama Station

Katsuyama Station 勝山駅
File:Katsuyama Station exterior 200507.jpg Katsuyama Station
Location	34-2-7 Hishima, Onwa-chō, Katsuyama, Fukui （福井県勝山市遅羽町比島34-2-7） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1911

Katsuyama Station (勝山駅, Katsuyama-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Katsuyama Station. Three tracks serve two platforms, and the station is staffed. The station building is the original structure from 1914, and was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on February 17, 2004.

Surrounding area

• This station serves as the gateway station to Katsuyama, but the central business district is on the other side of the Kuzuryū River.
• Aside from a bus stop and taxi stand in front of the station, the only places of note are some shops and Osaka Special Alloy Co. Ltd.'s Katsuyama Plant.
• On the other side of the river, points of interest include:
  • Katsuyama City Hall
  • Katsuyama Post Office
  • Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (16 minutes away by taxi)
  • Echizen Daibutsu (Seidaiji) (10 minutes away by bus)

History

• March 11, 1914: Station opens.
• March 2, 1942: Line transferred to Keifuku Electric Railway.
• August 13, 1974: Katsuyama — Keifuku-Ōno section closed.
• June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
• October 19, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.