Yawatajuku Station
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Yawatajuku Station
八幡宿駅
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| Prefecture | Chiba (See other stations in Chiba) |
| City | Ichihara |
| Neighborhood etc. | Yawatajuku |
| (in Japanese) | 千葉県市原市八幡宿 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
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| Operator(s) | East Japan Railway Company |
| Line(s) | Uchibō Line |
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.
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[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
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| Hamano | Uchibō Line | Goi |
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