Higashi-Fujishima Station

36°05′12″N 136°16′11″E / 36.086687°N 136.26981°E / 36.086687; 136.26981Operated byEchizen RailwayLine(s)■ Katsuyama Eiheiji Line Distance5.3 km from FukuiPlatforms1 side platformTracks1Other informationStatusUnstaffedStation codeE7WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedFebruary 11, 1914Previous namesFujishima (to 1929)

Location
Higashi-Fujishima Station Location within Japan

Higashi-Fujishima Station (東藤島駅, Higashi-Fujishima-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

Kannonmachi Station is served by the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line, and is located 5.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukui.

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

«		Service	»
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Oiwakeguchi		Local		Echizen-Shimabashi

The station opened on February 11, 1914 as Fujishima Station (藤島駅). It was renamed to its present name in 1929. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on July 20, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station.

• There is a cluster of homes and businesses around the station, with rice fields further away. Fukui City Higashi-Fujishima Elementary School is across the street.
• Fukui Prefectural Route 164 is outside the station's east exit; National Route 416 passes to the south.

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Higashi-Fujishima Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)