Hakui

Weekday departures: 26/day · Sat & holiday departures: 26/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:40 / 22:39

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (3)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Nanao Line: Chiji ⇄ Minami-Hakui

Hakui Station opened on 1898-04-24 as a passenger and freight stop when the Nanao Railway completed its line from the Tsubata provisional station (the forerunner of Hon-Tsubata) through Nanao to Yatashin. Nationalisation on 1907-09-01 placed it under the Imperial Railway Agency, and the 1909 line-naming reform assigned it to the Nanao Line. From 1925 to 1972 the station was also the inland terminus of the Hokuriku Railroad Noto Line. JR West took over the station at privatisation on 1987-04-01, the Nanao Line was electrified at DC on 1991-09-01, and ICOCA acceptance began on 2021-03-13; today the west entrance is contracted to JR West Kanazawa Maintech and the east entrance is staffed under a simple-commission arrangement with the City of Hakui.

The city of Hakui markets itself as Japan's "UFO town", and the plaza in front of the station is lit by lamp standards shaped like flying saucers.