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Hota Station

保田駅
Hota Station; 保田駅
	Hota Station in May 2009
General information
Location	Shikadanicho Hota, Katsuyama-shi, Fukui-ken 911-0848; Japan
Coordinates	36°04′11″N 136°27′06″E / 36.069857°N 136.451547°E
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	■ Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Distance	23.1 km from Fukui
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	E20
Website	Official website
History
Opened	August 21, 1916
Passengers
FY2015	8
Location
Location
	Hota Station Location within Japan

Hota Station (保田駅, Hota-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in the city of Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Hota Station is served by the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line, and is located 23.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukui.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Kobunato	Local	Hossaka

History

Hota Station was opened on August 21, 1916. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on October 19, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 8 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Since the station is nestled between hills to the south and the Kuzuryū River to the north, there are few structures of note. Two light industrial plants lie to the southeast.
Fukui Prefectural Route 168 passes to the north.

References

^ 117-1.えちぜん鉄道乗車人員 [Echizen Railway Passenger Statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Katsuyama City Government. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.