Keisei Yawata Station | |
Native Name: | 京成八幡駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 3-2-1 Yawata, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken 272-0021 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.7239°N 139.9281°W |
Operator: | Keisei Electric Railway |
Line: | Keisei Main Line |
Distance: | 19.1 from |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Connections: | Motoyawata Station |
Code: | KS16 |
Opened: | November 3, 1915 |
Former: | Shin-Yawata (until 1942) |
Map Type: | Japan Chiba Prefecture |
Map Dot Label: | Keisei Yawata Station |
Passengers: | 36,364 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
is a railway station on the Keisei Main Line in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. The station is located near Motoyawata Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.
Keisei Yawata Station is served by the Keisei Main Line, and is located from the terminus of the line at Keisei-Ueno Station.
The station consists of a single island platform connected via a footbridge to an elevated station building.
Keisei Yawata Station was opened on 3 November 1915 as . The original Yawata Station was located towards Onigoe Station and was closed on 15 August 1942. The station was renamed to its present name on 1 November 1942. Ichikawa Keisei Department Store opened at the station in 1963.The store closed in 2007 as part of the JR Motoyawata Station re-development project.
Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010. Keisei Yawata was assigned station number KS16.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36,364 passengers daily.[3]