Takefu

Weekday departures: 64/day · Sat & holiday departures: 64/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:41 / 23:41

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (6)

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

• Hapi Line Fukui: Sabae ⇄ Oshio (Fukui)

Takefu Station opened on 15 July 1896 as a Government Railway station with the inaugural Tsuruga - Fukui section of the Hokuriku Line. The 1909 line-naming kept it within the Hokuriku Main Line. Freight handling - which included a private spur to the Shin-Etsu Chemical Industry Takefu plant - was abolished on 1 February 1984 and parcel handling on 1 November 1986. JR West took over operation at the 1 April 1987 privatisation, and ICOCA acceptance began on 15 September 2018. On 16 March 2024 the section through Takefu was transferred to Hapi-Line Fukui when the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa to Tsuruga opened, ending the station's 128-year run.

On the platform stands a model dragon forged from locally made Echizen-uchihamono blades, a nod to the area's traditional cutlery industry.