Yawatajuku Station

Yawatajuku Station

八幡宿駅
Yawatajuku Station; 八幡宿駅
	Yawatajuku Station in July 2008
General information
Location	Yawatajuku 930-3, Ichihara, Chiba-ken 290-0062; Japan
Coordinates	35.5360°N 140.1201°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Uchibō Line
Distance	5.6 km from Soga
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 28, 1912
Passengers
FY2019	11,905
Services
Location
	Yawatajuku Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Yawatajuku Station Yawatajuku Station (Japan)

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).

Lines

Yawatajuku Station is served by the Uchibo Line, and lies 5.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated station building, and has two sets of tracks running around an island platform. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Uchibō Line	For Soga, Chiba, Tokyo
2	■ Uchibō Line	For Goi, Kisarazu

History

Yawatajuku 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

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 11,905 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surroundings

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

References

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

Media related to Yawatajuku Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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[jreast2019stats-1] 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.