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|} The is a 21.4 km railway line operated by Fukui Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line runs from Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen to and stations in Fukui. Although it has its own right-of-way for most of the route, the Fukubu Line runs with traffic as a tram line past Fukui-Shin Station. ==History== The opened the Fukubu Line on 23 February 1924 for the purposes of transporting soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army Sabae 36th Regiment between and (now ) stations. * 23 February 1924: Fukubu Electric Railway opens the Fukubu Line between and Heiei (now ).〔 * 26 July 1925: Heiei – Fukui-Shin (now ) section opens.〔 * 5 June 1927: Sanjūhassha Station opens.〔今井恵介監修『日本鉄道旅行地図 6号 北信越』新潮社、2008年、p.25〕 * 5 October 1927: Mizuochi Station opens;〔 former transfer station for the Seiho Electric Railway. * 13 August 1929: Kami-Sabae (now ), Shimo-Sabae (now ) stations open. * 15 October 1933: Fukui-Shin – section opens. * 1 October 1935: Tobanaka Station opens; Nishi-Tobanaka Station (between Heiei and Tobanaka) closes.〔 * April 1939: Heiei Station is renamed Chūō Station. * 1 April 1941: Express service begins. * 1 August 1945: Fukubu Electric Railway merges with Seiho Electric Railway to form Fukui Railway.〔 * June 1946: Chūō Station renamed Shinmei Station. * 12 July 1950: Hanandō – Fukui-Shin section double-tracked. * 27 November 1950: Honmachi-dōri — Fukui-Shin section opens. Daimyōmachi Station is renamed Honmachi-dōri Station. * 1 April 1962: Keyamachi Station moved and renamed Kōenguchi Station. Fujishima-Jinja-mae Station (between Kidayotsutsuji and Kōenguchi) closes.〔 * 11 December 1964: Matsumoto-dōri Station (between and Tawaramachi) closes. Saibanshomae Station moved towards Tawaramachi. * 1 September 1969: Service between Hanandō, Fukui-Ekimae, and Tawaramachi abolished; all trains run through to Takefu-Shin Station. * 2 October 1979: Freight services discontinued.〔 * 10 April 1980: Centralized traffic control (CTC) introduced.〔 * 1 August 1985: Driver-only operation introduced on morning and evening services.〔 * 10 April 1987: Shimo-Sabae Station renamed Nishiyama-Kōen Station. * 1 October 1989: Hanandō-Minami Station opens. * 20 January 1993: All trains equipped with ATS.〔 * 15 April 1993: Hanandō-Minami Station renamed Bell-mae Station. * 20 September 1997: Harmony Hall Station opens. * 30 November 1998: Daytime service interval changed to 20 minutes.〔 * 15 July 2002: Honmachi-dōri Station (between Kōenguchi and Shiyakushomae) closed. * 1 December 2003: Part of Shiyakushomae — Fukui-Ekimae section single-tracked due to construction around Fukui Station. * 30 September 2004: Semi-express service abolished. * January-March 2006: All station platforms modified to serve low-floor vehicles. * 1 April 2006: Low-floor trains enter service. Last departure time brought forward 30 minutes. * 16 December 2007: Daytime shuttle trains begin service between Fukui-Ekimae and Tawaramachi. On March 25, 2010, Sports-Kōen Station was established between the Nishi-Takefu and Iehisa stations. At the same time, five stations were renamed: Takefu-Shin to Echizen-Takefu; Nishi-Takefu to Kitago; Kami-Sabae to Sundome-Nishi; Fukui-Shin to Sekijūjimae; and Saibanshomae to Jin'ai-Joshikōkō.〔(福武線に新駅「スポーツ公園駅」 来月２５日開業－－今年３月 ／福井 ) Fukui Shimbun, February 19, 2010. 〕〔(平成22年3月25日 ダイヤ改正！ ) Fukui Railway. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fukui Railway Fukubu Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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