Station

Katsuyama

勝山

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Katsuyama
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Timetable information

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Location

History

Katsuyama Station opened on 11 March 1914 as the terminus of what is today the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line. The line passed to Keifuku Electric Railway on 2 March 1942 and lost its onward connection to Keifuku-Ōno on 13 August 1974, which made Katsuyama the line's permanent terminus. Operations were halted from 25 June 2001, and the station reopened under the new Echizen Railway on 19 October 2003. The 1914 station building survived all of these transitions and was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on 17 February 2004. The stop sits 27.8 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Fukui, with one side and one island platform connected by a level crossing, and remains staffed. In fiscal 2015 daily boardings averaged 395.

Notes

Katsuyama's original 1914 station building is still in service, and was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property on 17 February 2004.

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