Bingo Yawata Station

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Bingo Yawata Station building (2006-09-17).

Bingo Yawata Station looking toward Bingo Ochiai Station (2006-09-17).

Bingo Yawata Station looking toward Tōjō Station (2006-09-17).

Bingo Yawata Station platform sign (2006-09-17).

The old platform at Bingo Yawata Station (2006-09-17).

Bingo Yawata Station (備後八幡駅, Bingo Yawata Eki^?) is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Suga, Tōjō-chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Tickets are available at the nearby Suga Area Post Office.

[edit] History

• 1935-12-20: Bingo Yawata Station opens as a station of the Sanshin Line between Tōjō Station and Onuka Station
• 1987-04-01: Japan National Railways is privatized, and Bingo Yawata Station becomes a JR West station

[edit] Station building, platform and environs

Bingo Yawata Station features two platforms which can handle two lines at once. Platform 1 handles trains bound for Bingo Ochiai Station and Niimi Station. Platform 2 not used due to unrepaired dangerous tracks.

The Suga Area Post Office is located near the station, and passenger tickets may be purchased there.

Two Hiroshima Prefectural highways are accessible from the station:

• Route 237 (Bingo Yawata Teishajō Route)
• Route 450 (Utsubori Bingo Yawata Teishajō Route)

[edit] Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines.

Geibi Line

Tōjō Station — Bingo Yawata Station — Uchina Station

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) JR West