Yagihara Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 八木原駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Yagihara 1145, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma-ken 377-0003 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.4639°N 139.0191°W |
Distance: | 17.7 km from |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Jōetsu Line |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Status: | Staffed |
Passengers: | 1080 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Gunma Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Yagihara Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Yagihara Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 17.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . Trains of the Agatsuma Line also stop at this station en route to Takasaki past the nominal terminus of the line at .
The station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, only one side of the island platform is in use. The station is staffed.
Yagihara Station opened on 1 July 1921. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1080 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]