Yashirochō Station | |
Native Name: | 社町駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Borough: | Kotaka-chō, Katō-shi, Hyōgo-ken 679-0221 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Kakogawa Line |
Distance: | 24.2km (15miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Former: | Yashiroguchi (to 1916): Bantetsu-Yashiroguchi (to 1943) |
Passengers: | 448 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Hyogo Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Yashirochō Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Katō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Yashirochō Station is served by the Kakogawa Line and is 24.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at
The station consists of two opposed unnumbered ground-level side platform connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Yashirochō Station opened on 10 August 1913 as . It was renamed on 22 November 1916. When the line was nationalized on 1 June 1943, the name was changed to its present name. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 448 passengers daily[1]