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Mikata Station
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Mikata Station (三方駅, Mikata-eki) is a railway station in the town of Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Key Information
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Lines
[edit]Mikata Station is served by the Obama Line, and is located 24.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsuruga.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one island platform, of which one side is not in operation and is now a flower bed. The other side serves as a side platform serving a single bi-directional track, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Adjacent stations
[edit]Local Transport
[edit]- Wakasa town bus Tsunegami-Mikata line.
- Rental bicycle.
History
[edit]Mikata Station opened on 15 December 1917. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 89 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area
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National Route 27
National Route 162- Wakasa Town Hall
- Torihama shell mound 15-20 min walk
- Wakasa Mikata Jomon Museum 20-25 min walk.
- Fukui Prefectural Varve Museum 20-25 min walk.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "移動等円滑化取組報告書（鉄道駅）" (PDF) (in Japanese). JR West. 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ 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
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- Official website (in Japanese)