Yokokawa Station Explained

Yokokawa Station
Style:JR East
Native Name:横川駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:398 Matsuida-machi Yokogawa, Annaka-shi, Gunma-ken 379-0301
Country:Japan
Coordinates:36.3361°N 138.7369°W
Operator: JR East
Line: Shin'etsu Line
Distance:29.7 km from
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:3
Status:Staffed
Opened:October 15, 1885
Passengers:208
Pass Year:FY2019
Map Type:Japan Gunma Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Yokokawa Station
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services

is a railway station in the city of Annaka, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yokokawa Station is a terminal station for its segment of the Shin'etsu Main Line, and is located 29.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

The station has a two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. There is a third track in the middle for storing trains.

Platforms

History

Yokokawa Station opened on October 15, 1885, as the terminus of the governmental railway between and Yokokawa. The station became an intermediate station of the railway connecting Takasaki and (later named the Shinetsu Main Line) when the Usui Pass section of the railway, connecting Yokokawa and, opened on April 1, 1893.

The Usui Pass section of the railway closed on October 1, 1997. Yokokawa Station has been the terminus of the line since then.

The former Yokokawa locomotive depot for bank engines used on the Usui Pass was transformed into the Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, which exhibits the bank engines (JNR Class EF63 electric locomotives) and other rolling stock.

JR BUS KANTO has been operating a route bus Usui Line which connects Karuizawa Station with this station as a bustitution of Shin'etsu Main Line's closed section since 1997.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 208 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Bus routes

Surrounding area

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_08.html. ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019). 2020. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 August 2020.