Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 86/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 86/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 5:24 / 23:43
Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (7)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 to 7 August 2026 (latest retrieval in spring/summer 2026): the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.
Location
History
Echizen-Handō Station opened on 15 December 1960 as a passenger station of Japanese National Railways when the Etsumi-Hoku Line came into service as far as Kadohara Station; it is located at Handō-naka 1-chōme, Fukui, Fukui Prefecture. Platforms for the Hokuriku Main Line were added in the "Yon-San-Tō" timetable revision of 1 October 1968, the station became unstaffed in 1984, and after the 1987 division and privatization of Japanese National Railways it became the starting station of JR West's Etsumi-Hoku Line. With the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Kanazawa and Tsuruga on 16 March 2024, the Hokuriku Main Line was separated from JR West's operations and transferred to Hapi Line Fukui. The station is now jointly used by the Hapi Line Fukui line and JR West's Kuzuryū Line.
Sources
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: SONIC BLOOMING · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-08-31