Taromaru Angelland Station

Taromaru Angelland Station
Taromaru Angelland Station; 太郎丸エンゼルランド駅
	Tarōmaru Station
Location	4 Nishi-Tarōmaru, Harue-chō, Sakai-shi, Fukui-ken 919-0474; Japan
Coordinates	36°07′53″N 136°12′21″E
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	■ Mikuni Awara Line
Distance	9.2 km from Fukuiguchi
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	E33
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 30, 1928
Previous names	Tarōmaru (until 2017)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)	132 (daily)
Location
	Taromaru Angelland Station Location within Japan

Taromaru Angelland Station (太郎丸エンゼルランド駅, Tarōmaru-Enzerurando-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Taromaru Angelland Station is served by the Mikuni Awara Line, and is located 9.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukuiguchi.

Station layout

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

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Mikuni Awara Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Washizuka-Haribara	Local	Nishiharue Heartopia

History

Taromaru Angelland Station was opened on December 30, 1928. On September 1, 1942 the Keifuku Electric Railway merged with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on August 10, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station. The station was renamed to its present name on March 25, 2017.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 132 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

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)

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References

Fukui Railway; Echizen Railway (February 22, 2017). 平成29年春ダイヤ改正等の概要について [Outline of Spring 2017 Timetable Revisions] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2017.
O-5.地方鉄道輸送状況(乗車1日平均) [Regional Railway Passenger Figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sakai City Government. 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

External links

Media related to Taromaru Angelland Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

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[1] Fukui Railway; Echizen Railway (February 22, 2017). 平成29年春ダイヤ改正等の概要について [Outline of Spring 2017 Timetable Revisions] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2017.

[fukui_stats-2] O-5.地方鉄道輸送状況(乗車1日平均) [Regional Railway Passenger Figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sakai City Government. 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.