Yawatajuku Station

Yawatajuku Station
八幡宿駅

Yawatajuku Station
Location Yawatajuku 930-3, Ichihara, Chiba
（千葉県市原市八幡宿 930-3）
Japan
Operated by East Japan Railway Company
Line(s) Uchibō Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1912
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 12,599 daily

Yawatajuku station (八幡宿駅 Yawatajuku-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Uchibō Line located in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 5.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Uchibō Line at Soga Station.

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.

Lines

Station layout

Yawatajuku is an above-ground station with an elevated station building, and has two sets of tracks running around an island platform. It has automatic ticket gates.

Platforms

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

Surroundings

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Uchibō Line
Hamano   Commuter Rapid   Goi
Hamano   Rapid
(Sobu Line)		   Goi
Hamano   Rapid
(Keiyō Line)		   Goi
Hamano   Local   Goi

Coordinates: 35°32′10″N 140°07′12″E / 35.5360°N 140.1201°E / 35.5360; 140.1201

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