Kita-Sabae Station

Location
	Kita-Sabae Station Location within Japan

Kita-Sabae Station

北鯖江駅
Kita-Sabae Station; 北鯖江駅
	Kita-Sabae Station in December 2008
General information
Location	Shimokobata-cho, Sabae-shi, Fukui-ken, 916-0038; Japan
Coordinates	35°58′17″N 136°11′55″E / 35.9715°N 136.1985°E
Operated by	Hapi-Line Fukui
Line(s)	■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Distance	43.5 km from Tsuruga
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 May 1955
Passengers
FY2016	477 daily
Location
Location
	Kita-Sabae Station Location within Japan

Kita-Sabae Station (北鯖江駅, Kitasabae-eki) is a railway station on the Hapi-Line Fukui Line in the city of Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Hapi-Line Fukui.

Lines

Kita-Sabae Station is served by the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, and is located 43.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsuruga.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line	for Takefu and Tsuruga
2	■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line	for Fukui and Kanazawa

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Sabae	Local	Ōdoro

History

Kita-Sabae Station opened on 1 May 1955. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2024, this station was transferred to the Hapi-Line Fukui Line due to the opening of the western extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 477 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Higashibu Industrial Park

References

^ "福井県並行在来線経営計画" [Fukui Prefecture Parallel Conventional Line Management Plan] (PDF). hapi-line.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ 駅別JR貨客輸送状況(1日平均) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Fukui Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

External links

Media related to Kita-Sabae Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "福井県並行在来線経営計画" [Fukui Prefecture Parallel Conventional Line Management Plan] (PDF). hapi-line.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[fukui_stats-2] 駅別JR貨客輸送状況(1日平均) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Fukui Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

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