Takefu-shin

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Takefu-shin Station opened on 23 February 1924 as Takefu-shin Station (武生新駅) on the Fukubu Electric Railway, in what is now the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture. A new station building was completed in 1983. Following the merger of Takefu City into Echizen in 2005, the station was renamed Echizen-Takefu Station (越前武生駅) on 25 March 2010. To avoid confusion with the new Hokuriku Shinkansen station of the same reading opening nearby, the station was renamed again on 25 February 2023 to "Takefu-shin Station" using hiragana — a name chosen by public vote among five proposals. It is the terminus of the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line and has two bay platforms serving three tracks.

The new 2023 name was chosen by public vote from five proposals, ultimately reviving the original 1924 reading "Takefu-shin" but in hiragana to distinguish it from a nearby Hokuriku Shinkansen station.