Yaita Station

Yaita Station
矢板駅

Yaita Station, March 2007
Location 1 Ōgi-chō, Yaita, Tochigi
（栃木県矢板市扇町1丁目）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tohoku Main Line
History
Opened 1886
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 2,897 daily[1]
Yaita Station, March 2010

Yaita Station (矢板駅 Yaita-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line in Yaita, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[2]

Lines

Yaita Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and lies 141.8 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo. The station was formerly also the terminus of the 23.5 km Tobu Yaita Line, which operated from Shin-Takatoku on the Tobu Kinugawa Line between 1 March 1924 and 30 June 1959.[3]

Station layout

This station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, platform 2 is not in regular operation. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[2]

Platforms

1 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Kuroiso
3 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya, Ōmiya, and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Tohoku Main Line
Kataoka   Commuter Rapid   Nozaki
Kataoka   Rapid   Nozaki
Kataoka   Local   Nozaki

History

Yaita Station opened on 1 October 1886.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 2,897 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [FY2014 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 各駅情報（矢板駅） [Station Information (Yaita Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Hanai, Masahiro (April 1998). "東北本線沿線に失われた私鉄の接続駅を訪ねる1 東武鉄道矢板線" [Visiting Lost Private Railway Interchange Stations on the Tohoku Main Line (1): Tobu Yaita Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 444 (Japan: Kōyūsha Co., Ltd.). pp. 76–81.

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Coordinates: 36°48′25″N 139°55′57″E / 36.8069°N 139.9326°E / 36.8069; 139.9326

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