Wakasa-Wada Station

Railway station in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

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Wakasa-Wada Station

若狭和田駅

Wakasa-Wada Station in August 2009

General information
Location| 2-12 Wada, Takahama-cho, Ōi-gun, Fukui-ken 919-2201
Japan
Coordinates| 35°29′20″N 135°34′52″E﻿ / ﻿35.488847°N 135.581153°E﻿ / 35.488847; 135.581153
Operated by|  JR West
Line(s)| ■ Obama Line
Distance| 65.7 km from Tsuruga
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 1
Other information
Status| Staffed
Website| Official website
History
Opened| 1 June 1934
Passengers
FY2016| 136 daily
Location

Wakasa-Wada Station

Location within Japan

Wakasa-Wada Station (若狭和田駅, Wakasa-Wada-eki) is a railway station in the town of Takahama, Ōi District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines[edit]

Wakasa-Wada Station is served by the Obama Line, and is located 65.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tsuruga.

## Station layout[edit]

The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is staffed.

## Adjacent stations[edit]

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Obama Line
Wakasa-Hongō | \-  | Wakasa-Takahama

## History[edit]

Wasasa-Wada Station was elevated from a provisional stop to a full passenger station on 1 June 1934. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

## Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 136 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

## Surrounding area[edit]

* National Route 27
* Aoto no Irie (青戸入江) A part of Wakasa Wan Quasi-National Park
* Wada Marina

## See also[edit]

* List of railway stations in Japan

## References[edit]

1. ^ 駅別JR貨客輸送状況(1日平均) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Fukui Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

## External links[edit]

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Stations of the JR West Obama Line

* Tsuruga
* Nishi-Tsuruga
* Awano
* Higashi-Mihama
* Mihama
* Kiyama
* Mikata
* Fujii
* Tomura
* Ōtoba
* Wakasa-Arita
* Kaminaka
* Shin-Hirano
* Higashi-Obama
* Obama
* Seihama
* Kato
* Wakasa-Hongō
* Wakasa-Wada
* Wakasa-Takahama
* Mitsumatsu
* Aonogō
* Matsunoodera
* Higashi-Maizuru

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