Gumma-Yawata Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 群馬八幡駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Yawatamachi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken 370–0884 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Shin'etsu Line |
Distance: | 6.4 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | 15 October 1924 |
Passengers: | 1197 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Gunma Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Gumma-Yawata Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Gumma-Yawata Station is a station on the Shinetsu Main Line, and is located 6.4 km from the starting point of the line at .
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is attended.
Gumma-Yawata Station opened on 15 October 1924. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in March 2004.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1197 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]