Yawatajuku station (八幡宿駅, Yawatajuku-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yawatajuku Station 八幡宿駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Yawatajuku Station in July 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Yawatajuku 930-3, Ichihara, Chiba-ken 290-0062 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°32′10″N 140°07′12″E / 35.5360°N 140.1201°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Uchibō Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 5.6 km from Soga | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | March 28, 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 11,905 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editYawatajuku Station is served by the Uchibo Line, and lies 5.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of an elevated station building, and has two sets of tracks running around an island platform. The station is staffed.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Uchibō Line | For Soga, Chiba, Tokyo |
| 2 | ■ Uchibō Line | For Goi, Kisarazu |
History
editYawatajuku Station was opened on March 28, 1912 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisarazu Line. On May 24, 1919, the line's name changed to the Hōjō Line, and on April 15, 1929 to the Bōsō Line and on April 1, 1933 to the Bōsōnishi Line. It became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was renamed the Uchibō Line from July 15, 1972. The station assumed its present name from March 31, 1974. Yawatajuku Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 11,905 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surroundings
edit- Ichihara Police Station
- Teikyo Heisei University
- Yawata Junior High School
- Yawata Elementary School
National Route 16
National Route 297
- Ichihara Sporeku Park
- Port Pier Ichihara
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
External links
edit Media related to Yawatajuku Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)