Washizuka-Haribara Station

Washizuka-Haribara Station 鷲塚針原駅
File:Washizuka haribaraeki.jpg Washizuka-Haribara Station
Location	32 Kawai-Washizuka-chō, Fukui, Fukui （福井県福井市川合鷲塚町３２） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Mikuni Awara Line
Connections
History
Opened	1928

Washizuka-Haribara Station (鷲塚針原駅, Washizuka-haribara-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Washizuka-Haribara Station. There is a single platform serving two tracks, and the station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

• Washizuka-Haribara Station borders Sakai City in the north of Fukui City. The Fukui area is known as Washizuka; the corresponding area in nearby Sakai is Haribara.
• Rice fields surround the station. There is a small farming community in the vicinity, with homes and shops a further distance to the east.
• Other points of interest include:
  • Fukui Prefecture Drivers Education Center (800 meters north)
  • Fukui - Ishikawa Prefectural Route 5 (Awara Kaidō)
  • Kawai Post Office

History

• December 30, 1928: Station opens.
• June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
• July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.