Maruoka Station

Maruoka Station (丸岡駅, Maruoka-eki) is a railway station on the Hapi-Line Fukui Line in the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Hapi-Line Fukui.

Maruoka Station 丸岡駅
General information
Location	Kamishinjo Sakai-shi, Fukui-ken, 919-0522 Japan
Coordinates	36.1620°N 136.2326°E / 36.1620; 136.2326
Operated by	Hapi-Line Fukui
Line(s)	■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Distance	65.9 km from Tsuruga
Platforms	2 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 September 1897
Passengers
FY2016	1112 daily
Location Maruoka Station Location within Japan

Lines

Maruoka Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is located 65.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsuruga.

Station layout

The station consists of two unnumbered side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Harue		Local		Awaraonsen

History

Maruoka Station opened on 20 September 1897 as Shinjō Station (新庄駅, Shinjō-eki). It was renamed to Maruoka Station on 15 February 1902. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

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 1,112 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

• Maruoka Castle
• Sakai Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

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.
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.

External links

Media related to Maruoka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)