Kannonmachi Station

Kannonmachi Station 観音町駅
Kannonmachi Station
Location	3 Matsuoka-Shibahara, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui （福井県吉田郡永平寺町松岡芝原3） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Connections
History
Opened	1914

Kannonmachi Station (観音町駅, Kannonmachi-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Eiheiji, Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Kannonmachi Station. One track serves a single platform. The station is staffed until 10:00 and after 16:00 on weekdays.

Surrounding area

The station is in the middle of a residential area. Fields spread out in the distance.
The Hokuriku Expressway's Fukui-Kita interchange is southwest of the station.
The Kuzuryū River flows to the north.
National Route 416 passes to the south.

History

February 11, 1914: Kannonmachi Station opens.
June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

Adjacent stations

Stations of the Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Fukui Shin-Fukui Fukuiguchi Echizen-Kaihotsu Echizen-Shinbo Oiwakeguchi Higashi-Fujishima Echizen-Shimabashi Kannonmachi Matsuoka Shiizakai Eiheijiguchi Shimoshii Kōmyōji Domeki Echizen-Nonaka Sannō Echizen-Takehara Kobunato Hota Hossaka Hishima Katsuyama

Coordinates: 36°05′30″N 136°17′24″E / 36.091719°N 136.289907°E / 36.091719; 136.289907

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