Moto-Yawata Station

Moto-Yawata Station
本八幡駅

Elevated JR station
Location Ichikawa, Chiba
Japan
Operated by
Line(s)
Other information
Station code
  • JB28 (Chūō-Sōbu Line)
  • S-21 (Toei Shinjuku Line)
History
Opened 1935

Moto-Yawata Station (本八幡駅 Moto-Yawata-eki) is a railway station in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Toei Subway.

Lines

Moto-Yawata Station is served by the Chūō-Sōbu Line of JR East and the Toei Shinjuku Line subway. The Toei Shinjuku Line terminates at this station.

Station layout

The station is divided into two sections: the elevated JR station and the underground subway station. The areas outside the ticket gates of the two sections are connected by a passage.

JR Platforms

The JR station has one island platform serving two tracks.[1] There is no platform for rapid and limited express services on the two other tracks of the Sōbu Main Line.

1  Chūō-Sōbu Line for Kinshichō, Akihabara, Shinjuku and Mitaka
2  Chūō-Sōbu Line for Nishi-Funabashi, Tsudanuma and Chiba

Toei Platforms

The subway station also has one island platform serving two tracks. While one end of the subway station is connected to the JR East station, the other end is connected to Keisei Yawata Station on the Keisei Main Line.

1, 2  Toei Shinjuku Line for Bakuroyokoyama, Ichigaya and Shinjuku

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chūō-Sōbu Line (JB28)
Ichikawa (JB27)   Local   Shimōsa-Nakayama (JB29)
Toei Shinjuku Line (S-21)
Funabori (S-17)   Express   Terminus
Shinozaki (S-20) Local Terminus

History

The station opened on the Sōbu Main Line on September 1, 1935.[2] The Toei Shinjuku Line was extended to this station on March 19, 1989.

References

  1. Moto-Yawata Station guide map by JR East. (Japanese) Retrieved on 2008-10-26.
  2. Moto-Yawata Station information by JR East. (Japanese) Retrieved on 2008-10-26.
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Coordinates: 35°43′18″N 139°55′37″E / 35.7218°N 139.9269°E / 35.7218; 139.9269

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