is a passenger railway station in the city of Yachimata, Chiba Japan, operated by the

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East).

Lines

Yachimata Station is served by the Sōbu Main Line between Tokyo and , and is located 65.9 kilometers from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Layout

The station consists of a single side platform and an island platform connected by a footbridge. The station as a '' Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Yachimata Station was opened on May 1, 1897 as a station on the Sōbu Railway for both passenger and freight operations. On September 1, 1907, the Sōbu Railway was

nationalised Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...

, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The Chiba Prefectural Railways Yachimata Line began operations on May 18, 1914, and was discontinued on May 14, 1940. A new station building was completed in 1926. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from November 15, 1982. A new station building was completed in July 1984. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Express services began operations from March 16, 1991. A new station building was completed in April 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5563 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Yachimata City Office * Yachimata Middle School

References

External links

JR East station information
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Sōbu Main Line Yachimata {{Chiba-railstation-stub