Yaita Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 矢板駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1 Ōgi-chō, Yaita-shi, Tochigi-ken 329-2161 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Tōhoku Main Line |
Distance: | 141.8 km from |
Platforms: | 2 island +1 side platforms |
Connections: | Bus stop |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | 1 October 1886 |
Passengers: | 2728 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Tochigi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kuroiso Station |
is a railway station in the city of Yaita, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
Yaita Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and lies 141.8 km from the starting point of the line at . The station was formerly also the terminus of the 23.5 km Tobu Yaita Line, which operated from on the Tobu Kinugawa Line between 1 March 1924 and 30 June 1959.[2]
This station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, platform 2 is not in regular operation. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]
Yaita Station opened on 1 October 1886.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]