The trains on Etsumi-hoku Line run only eight times a day from Fukui. The carriage I travelled with was a refurbished Kiha 120.
Between Fukui Station and Echizen-hanando Station, the train ran on Hokuriku Main Line. On the left view, I could see the constructing railway of Hokuriku Shinkansen.
Departing from Echizen-hanando Station, the railway of Etsumi-hoku Line separates from that of Hokuriku Line. The railway turned east, and the train started to run on a single unelectrified track in an agricultural area.
Between Echizen-togo Station and Ushigahara Station, the railway spreads in a valley along Asuwa River and Hanyu River. The railway also crosses those rivers again and again.
On that day, I couldn't see the view well from the windows because it rained off and on.
At Echizen-ono Station, I saw a snowplough diesel vehicle 8631. Because Ono City is in a snowy area, the snowplough vehicle frequently runs on Etsumi-hoku Line in winter.