Echizen-Takefu Station

Echizen-Takefu Station (越前たけふ駅, Echizen-takefu-eki)[1][2] is a railway station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, in Echizen, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

It opened on 16 March 2024 with the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga.

Its tentative name was Nan'etsu Station.

Echizen-Takefu Station is served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen when the line was extended west of Kanazawa to Tsuruga on 16 March 2024, with direct services to and from Tokyo.

[5] The station consist of 2 side platforms totaling to 2 tracks.

The station building under construction (September 2019)