History
Hanandō Station (F17) is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line station in Hanandō-Kita 1-chōme, Fukui City. It opened on 26 July 1925 with the Fukubu Electric Railway's extension from Heiei (now Shinmei) to Fukui-shi (now Sekijūji-mae). On 1 August 1945 it became part of the newly formed Fukui Railway, and on 12 July 1950 the section from this station to Fukui-shin was doubled. Freight handling ended on 1 June 1977, and the station was unstaffed on 1 September 1977.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Hanandō was once a freight station with a 2-platform/4-track configuration; the freight loading bay sidings still remain visible behind the current passenger platforms. Today, southbound trains pass through a snow-shed-shaped enclosure over the turnouts — a feature found at all Fukui Railway passing-loop stations.