Tarōmaru Station

Tarōmaru Station 太郎丸駅
Tarōmaru Station
Location	4 Nishi-Tarōmaru, Harue-chō, Sakai, Fukui （福井県坂井市春江町西太郎丸4） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Mikuni Awara Line
Connections
History
Opened	1928

Tarōmaru Station (太郎丸駅, Tarōmaru-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Tarōmaru Station. There is one track serving a single platform, and the station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

• Newly built residences lie to the east of the station, while rice fields and a park-and-ride lot are to the west.
• JR West Harue Station is approximately two kilometers east of the station.
• Other points of interest include:
  • Fukui Prefecture Drivers Education Center (Testing Center)
  • Sakai City Bunka-no-Mori cultural facility
    • Heartpia Harue (Sakai City Harue Library, meeting halls)
    • Communication Park
    • Fukui Prefecture Children's Science Museum (Engelland Fukui)

History

• December 30, 1928: Station opens.
• September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
• 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

Coordinates: 36°07′53″N 136°12′21″E / 36.131309°N 136.205769°E / 36.131309; 136.205769