KS16
Keisei Yawata Station

京成八幡駅
Keisei Yawata Station
General information
Location3-2-1 Yawata, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-ken 272-0021
Japan
Coordinates35°43′26″N 139°55′41″E / 35.723865°N 139.928060°E / 35.723865; 139.928060
Operated by Keisei Electric Railway
Line(s)KS Keisei Main Line
Distance19.1 from Keisei-Ueno
Platforms1 island platform
ConnectionsS21 Motoyawata Station
Other information
Station codeKS16
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedNovember 3, 1915
Previous namesShin-Yawata (until 1942)
Passengers
FY201936,364 daily
Services
Preceding station Keisei Following station
Keisei Takasago
KS10
towards Keisei Ueno
 Main Line
"Rapid" Limited Express
Limited Express
Commuter Express
 Keisei Funabashi
KS22
towards Narita Airport Terminal 1
Keisei Koiwa
KS11
towards Keisei Ueno
 Main Line
Rapid
 Higashi-Nakayama
KS24
towards Narita Airport Terminal 1
Sugano
KS15
towards Keisei Ueno
 Main Line
Local
 Onigoe
KS17
towards Narita Airport Terminal 1
Location
Keisei Yawata Station is located in Chiba Prefecture
Keisei Yawata Station
Keisei Yawata Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture

Keisei Yawata Station (京成八幡駅, Keisei Yawata-eki) is a railway station on the Keisei Main Line in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. The station is located near Motoyawata Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.

Lines

Keisei Yawata Station is served by the Keisei Main Line, and is located 19.1 kilometres (11.9 mi) from the terminus of the line at Keisei-Ueno Station.

Layout

The station consists of a single island platform connected via a footbridge to an elevated station building.

Platforms

Platforms of the station
1 KS Keisei Main Line for Keisei Takasago, Nippori, Keisei Ueno and Oshiage
A Toei Asakusa Line for Nihombashi, Shimbashi and Nishi-magome
KK Keikyu Main Line for Shinagawa and Haneda Airport (International Terminal and Domestic Terminal)
2 KS Keisei Main Line for Keisei Funabashi, Keisei Tsudanuma, Keisei Chiba, Keisei Narita and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1)

History

Keisei Yawata Station was opened on 3 November 1915 as Shin-Yawata Station (新八幡駅, Shin-Yawata eki). The original Yawata Station was located towards Onigoe Station and was closed on 15 August 1942. The station was renamed to its present name on 1 November 1942. Ichikawa Keisei Department Store opened at the station in 1963.The store closed in 2007 as part of the JR Motoyawata Station re-development project.

Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010. Keisei Yawata was assigned station number KS16.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36,364 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "京成線各駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします" ["Station numbering" will be introduced to each station on the Keisei Line] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ "京成と京急が駅ナンバリングを導入" [Keisei and Keikyu to introduce station numbering]. Tetsudo News (in Japanese). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. ^ 2019年度 駅別１日平均乗降人) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Keisei Railway. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Keisei Yawata Station at Wikimedia Commons

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