History
Nishi-Betsuin Station opened on 1 April 1929 on what is now Echizen Railway's Mikuni Awara Line in the city of Fukui, 1.6 km from the line's terminus at Fukuiguchi. The line was reorganised under Keifuku Electric Railway in September 1942 following its merger with the Mikuni Awara Electric Railway. After the June 2001 Echizen Main Line head-on collision halted operations, the station reopened on 10 August 2003 under the new third-sector operator Echizen Railway. The stop has two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing and is unattended. Its name refers to the nearby Fukui Branch (betsuin) of Nishi-Honganji Temple, which sits in a primarily residential neighbourhood of high-rise apartments.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station's name is a direct nod to the local Nishi-Honganji branch temple ("betsuin") rather than to a place name — a rarity on the Mikuni Awara Line, whose other stops generally take their names from settlements.