is a passenger

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located in the city of Asago,

Hyōgo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...

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, operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West).

Lines

Yanase Station is served by the

San'in Main Line The is a railway line in western Japan, which connects Kyoto and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the major railway line of the San'in region, approximately paralleling the Japan Sea, crossing Kyot ...

, and is located 115.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level

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connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Yanase Station opened on October 25, 1911. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 135 passengers daily

Surrounding area

* Japan National Route 9 *Asago Municipal Ryose Junior High School

References

External links

Station Official Site
Railway stations in Hyōgo Prefecture Sanin Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1911 Asago, Hyōgo {{Hyōgo-railstation-stub