Station

Takefu

武生

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Takefu
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Timetable information

Weekday departures: 64/day · Sat & holiday departures: 64/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:41 / 23:41

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (6)


Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 7 August 2026.

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Takefu Station opened on 15 July 1896 as a Government Railway station with the inaugural Tsuruga - Fukui section of the Hokuriku Line. The 1909 line-naming kept it within the Hokuriku Main Line. Freight handling - which included a private spur to the Shin-Etsu Chemical Industry Takefu plant - was abolished on 1 February 1984 and parcel handling on 1 November 1986. JR West took over operation at the 1 April 1987 privatisation, and ICOCA acceptance began on 15 September 2018. On 16 March 2024 the station was transferred to Hapi-Line Fukui when the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa to Tsuruga opened.

Notes

On the platform stands a model dragon forged from locally made Echizen-uchihamono blades, a nod to the area's traditional cutlery industry.

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