Yawatajuku Station

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Yawatajuku station (八幡宿駅, Yawatajuku-eki^?) is a train station on the Uchibō Line operated by the East Japan Railway Company, located in Yawata, Ichihara, Chiba.

Contents 1 Station Layout 2 Usage 3 Surroundings 4 History 5 Adjacent Stations

[edit] 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 a midori no madoguchi and automatic ticket gates.

Platforms

• platform 1 - Uchibō Line inbound to Soga・Chiba・Tokyo
• platform 2 - Uchibō Line outbound to Goi・Kisarazu

[edit] Usage

In 2005, there were approximately 12,932 passengers per day using Yawatajuku station.

[edit] Surroundings

• Ichihara Police Station
• Furukawa Electric Company Chiba Office
• Teikyo Heisei University
• Yawata Junior High School
• Yawata Elementary School
• National Highway Route 16
• National Highway Route 297
• Ichihara Sporeku Park
• Port Pier Ichihara
• Beisia Supercenter Ichihara Yawata Branch
• Sendo Supermarket

[edit] History

• Mar 28, 1912 - opens as a station on the JNR Kisarazu line.
• May 24, 1919 - Kisarazu Line renamed Hōjō line.
• Apr 15, 1929 - Hōjō line renamed Bōsō line.
• Apr 1, 1933 - Bōsō line from Soga to Awa-Kamogawa is renamed Bōsō West Line.
• Jul 15, 1972 - Bōsō West Line renamed Uchibō Line.
• Apr 1, 1987 - acquired by East Japan Railway Company following the division and privatization of JNR.

[edit] Adjacent Stations

«		Service		»
Hamano		Uchibō Line		Goi