Yawatajuku Station

infobox japan station
name=八幡宿
namerom=Yawatajuku
pref=Chiba
city=Ichihara
address=Yawatajuku
jaloc=千葉県市原市八幡宿
open=1912
operator=East Japan Railway Company
line=Uchibō Line

Nihongo|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.

tation 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

Usage

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

urroundings

*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

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.

Adjacent stations

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