Moto-Yawata Station Explained


Motoyawata Station
Native Name:本八幡駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:2-chome Yawata, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture 272-0021
Country:Japan
Coordinates:35.7218°N 139.9269°W
Platforms:2 island platforms (1 JR East, 1 Toei)
Tracks:4 (2 for JR East, 2 for Toei)
Structure:Underground
Status:Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Opened: (JR East)
Passengers:60,125 (JR); 40,500 (Toei)
Pass Year:FY2018
Map Type:Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Chiba Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Motoyawata Station

is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway). It is the only station on the Toei Subway that is located in Chiba Prefecture.

Lines

Moto-Yawata Station is served by the Chūō-Sōbu Line of JR East and the Toei Shinjuku Line subway. The 23.5 kilometer 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.

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.

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 60,125 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The Toei Subway portion of the station was used by 40,500 passengers daily[4]

Surrounding area

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/stations/1560.html Moto-Yawata Station guide map by JR East
  2. http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1560 Moto-Yawata Station information by JR East
  3. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2018_01.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018). 2020. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 11 August 2020.
  4. Web site: https://www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/toukei/toukeidata/nenkan/nenkan-r1/index.html#a11. ja:民鉄等駅別1日平均運輸状況……{2018(H30)年度}. 2020. Chiba Prefecture. Japan. ja. 11 August 2020.