Nishi-Betsuin

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Nishi-Betsuin Station opened on 1 April 1929 on what is now Echizen Railway's Mikuni Awara Line in the city of Fukui, 1.6 km from the line's terminus at Fukuiguchi. The line was reorganised under Keifuku Electric Railway in September 1942 following its merger with the Mikuni Awara Electric Railway. Operations were halted from 25 June 2001, and the station reopened on 10 August 2003 under the new third-sector operator Echizen Railway. The stop has two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing and is unattended. Its name refers to the nearby Fukui Branch (betsuin) of Nishi-Honganji Temple, in a primarily residential neighbourhood of high-rise apartments.

The station's name is a direct nod to the local Nishi-Honganji branch temple ("betsuin") rather than to a place name.