On the east side of the station, Echizen Railway has two tracks serving one temporary island platform located atop the future Shinkansen viaduct until construction of its own permanent elevated station is completed.

[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

[1] On 18 April 2005 a new station building and "Prism Fukui" shopping mall opened.

[2] Construction of the platforms serving the Hokuriku Shinkansen was completed in August 2022.

Kyoto Dentō Echizen Electric Railway Line Fukui Station opened on 21 September 1929.