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Fukui Railway Fukubu Line
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line
	Fukutetsu Series 200 (left) and Series 770 trains near Daimyōmachi intersection
Overview
Owner	Fukui Railway
Locale	Fukui Prefecture
Termini	Takefu-shin; Fukui-Ekimae / Tawaramachi;
Stations	23
Service
Type	Heavy rail, Light rail, Interurban
History
Opened	1924
Technical
Line length	21.4 km (13.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	600 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	65 km/h (40 mph); 40 km/h (25 mph) on street-running sections;
Route map
Route map
	Legend

The Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (福井鉄道福武線, Fukui Tetsudō Fukubu-sen) is a 21.4-kilometre (13.3 mi) railway line operated by Fukui Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line runs from Takefu-shin Station in Echizen to Tawaramachi and Fukui-Ekimae stations in Fukui. Although it has its own right-of-way for most of the route, the Fukubu Line runs with traffic as a tram line past Sekijūjimae Station.

History

The Fukubu Electric Railway (福武電気鉄道, Fukubu Denki Tetsudō) opened the Fukubu Line on 23 February 1924^[1] for the purposes of transporting soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army Sabae 36th Regiment between Takefu-shin and Heiei (兵営) (now Shinmei) stations.

23 February 1924: Fukubu Electric Railway opens the Fukubu Line between Takefu-Shin and Heiei (now Shinmei).^[1]
26 July 1925: Heiei – Fukui-Shin (now Sekijūjimae) section opens.^[1]
5 June 1927: Sanjūhassha Station opens.^[2]
5 October 1927: Mizuochi Station opens;^[2] former transfer station for the Seiho Electric Railway.
13 August 1929: Kami-Sabae (now Sundome Nishi), Shimo-Sabae (now Nishiyama-Kōen) stations open.
15 October 1933: Fukui-Shin – Fukui-Ekimae section opens.
1 October 1935: Tobanaka Station opens; Nishi-Tobanaka Station (between Heiei and Tobanaka) closes.^[2]
April 1939: Heiei Station is renamed Chūō Station.
1 April 1941: Express service begins.
1 August 1945: Fukubu Electric Railway merges with Seiho Electric Railway to form Fukui Railway.^[1]
June 1946: Chūō Station renamed Shinmei Station.
12 July 1950: Hanandō – Fukui-Shin section double-tracked.
27 November 1950: Honmachi-dōri — Fukui-Shin section opens. Daimyōmachi Station is renamed Honmachi-dōri Station.
1 April 1962: Keyamachi Station moved and renamed Kōenguchi Station. Fujishima-Jinja-mae Station (between Kidayotsutsuji and Kōenguchi) closes.^[2]
11 December 1964: Matsumoto-dōri Station (between Saibanshomae and Tawaramachi) closes. Saibanshomae Station moved towards Tawaramachi.
1 September 1969: Service between Hanandō, Fukui-Ekimae, and Tawaramachi abolished; all trains run through to Takefu-Shin Station.
2 October 1979: Freight services discontinued.^[1]
10 April 1980: Centralized traffic control (CTC) introduced.^[1]
1 August 1985: Driver-only operation introduced on morning and evening services.^[1]
10 April 1987: Shimo-Sabae Station renamed Nishiyama-Kōen Station.
1 October 1989: Hanandō-Minami Station opens.
20 January 1993: All trains equipped with ATS.^[1]
15 April 1993: Hanandō-Minami Station renamed Bell-mae Station.
20 September 1997: Harmony Hall Station opens.
30 November 1998: Daytime service interval changed to 20 minutes.^[1]
15 July 2002: Honmachi-dōri Station (between Kōenguchi and Shiyakushomae) closed.
1 December 2003: Part of Shiyakushomae — Fukui-Ekimae section single-tracked due to construction around Fukui Station.
30 September 2004: Semi-express service abolished.
January–March 2006: All station platforms modified to serve low-floor vehicles.
1 April 2006: Low-floor trains enter service. Last departure time brought forward 30 minutes.
16 December 2007: Daytime shuttle trains begin service between Fukui-Ekimae and Tawaramachi.

On March 25, 2010, Sports-Kōen Station was established between the Nishi-Takefu and Iehisa stations. At the same time, five stations were renamed: Takefu-Shin to Echizen-Takefu; Nishi-Takefu to Kitago; Kami-Sabae to Sundome-Nishi; Fukui-Shin to Sekijūjimae; and Saibanshomae to Jin'ai-Joshikōkō.^[3]^[4]

Station list

All stations are located in Fukui Prefecture.
Express (急行) trains stop at stations marked "●", pass those marked "｜", and only a few stop at those marked "○". Most local trains stop at all stations but some pass those marked "○".
Staff:
- ◎ - Present all day
- ○ - Present except early mornings and late nights
- ◇ - Present during peak hours only
- △ - Present during holidays only
- × - Unstaffed
- ※ - Present during events only

Station No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		Express	Staff	Transfers	Location
Station No.	Station	Japanese	Between Stations	Total	Express	Staff	Transfers	Location
F0	Takefu-shin	たけふ新	-	0.0	●	◎	Hapi-Line Fukui : Hapi-Line Fukui Line (Takefu)	Echizen
F1	Kitago	北府	0.6	0.6	●	×
F2	Sports Kōen	スポーツ公園	1.1	1.7	｜	×
F3	Iehisa	家久	0.7	2.4	●	×
F4	Sundome Nishi	サンドーム西	1.7	4.1	｜	×		Sabae
F5	Nishi-Sabae	西鯖江	1.2	5.3	●	○
F6	Nishiyama-Kōen	西山公園	0.7	6.0	｜	※
F7	Mizuochi	水落	1.3	7.3	●	×
F8	Shinmei	神明	1.2	8.5	●	○
F9	Tobanaka	鳥羽中	1.2	9.7	｜	×
F10	Sanjūhassha	三十八社	1.2	10.9	｜	×		Fukui
F11	Taichō no Sato	泰澄の里	1.3	12.2	｜	×
F12	Asōzu	浅水	0.8	13.0	●	○
F13	Harmony Hall	ハーモニーホール	0.8	13.8	｜	×
F14	Seimei	清明	1.1	14.9	｜	×
F15	Ebata	江端	0.6	15.5	｜	×
F16	Bell-mae	ベル前	0.6	16.1	●	△
F17	Hanandō	花堂	0.8	16.9	｜	×
F18	Sekijūjimae	赤十字前	0.9	17.8	●	○
F19	Shokokaigishomae	商工会議所前	0.6	18.4	○	×
F20	Asuwayamakoenguchi	足羽山公園口	0.5	18.9	○	×
F21	Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi	福井城址大名町	0.7	19.6	●	◇
F22	Fukui-eki	福井駅	0.5	20.1	○	×	JR West: Hokuriku Main Line (Fukui) Echizen Railway: Katsuyama Eiheiji Line (Fukui)
F23	Jin'ai Joshikōkō	仁愛女子高校	0.6*	20.2	●	×
F24	Tawaramachi	田原町	0.7	20.9	●	×	Echizen Railway: Mikuni Awara Line (Some through to Washizuka-Haribara)

Note that distances for Jin'ai Joshikōkō and Tawaramachi Stations are measured from Shiyakushomae Station.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Japan's Private Railways). Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 今井恵介監修『日本鉄道旅行地図 6号北信越』新潮社、2008年、p.25
^ 福武線に新駅「スポーツ公園駅」　来月２５日開業－－今年３月　／福井 Archived 2010-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Fukui Shimbun, February 19, 2010. (in Japanese)
^ 平成22年3月25日ダイヤ改正！^{[permanent dead link‍]} Fukui Railway. (in Japanese)