Echizen-Tōgō Station

Echizen-Tōgō Station 越前東郷駅
Echizen-Tōgō Station in 2001
General information
Location	34-4 Tōgōnikacho, Fukui, Fukui Prefecture 910-2165 Japan
Coordinates	36°01′06″N 136°16′25″E / 36.018232°N 136.273556°E / 36.018232; 136.273556
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	■ Etsumi-Hoku Line (Kuzuryū Line)
Distance	5.7 km from Echizen-Hanandō
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 15, 1960
Location Echizen-Tōgō Station Location within Japan

Echizen-Tōgō Station (越前東郷駅, Echizen-Tōgō-eki) is a JR West railway station in the city of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.

Echizen-Tōgō Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is located 5.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Echizen-Hanandō and 8.3 kilometers from Fukui.

The station consists of one ground-level island platform; however, one side is a dead-headed siding, and the other side serves single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Echizen-Tōgō Station opened on December 15, 1960. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. The station was closed from July 18, 2004 to June 30, 2007 due to damages to the tracks following torrential rains, and services were temporality replaced by a bus service.

• Fukui Tōgō Elementary School
• Site of Makiyama Castle

• List of railway stations in Japan

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