Echizen Railway

Echizen Railway Co., Ltd.
Company typePublic-private KK
IndustryRail transport
PredecessorKeifuku Electric Railroad
FoundedSeptember 17, 2002 (2002-09-17)
Headquarters,
Japan
Area served
Northern Fukui Prefecture
Key people
Tōru Minami, President
OwnerSakai City (17.4%)
Katsuyama City (16.7%)
Fukui City (16.1%)
Eiheiji Town (12.6%)
Awara City (7.0%)
42 others (30.2%)
Number of employees
93
Websitewww.echizen-tetudo.co.jp

Echizen Railway (えちぜん鉄道株式会社, Echizen Tetsudō Kabushikigaisha) is a third-sector railway company located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line between Fukui and Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line between Fukui and Sakai.