Yawatajuku Station 八幡宿駅
Yawatajuku Station in July 2008
General information
Location	Yawatajuku 930-3, Ichihara, Chiba-ken 290-0062 Japan
Coordinates	35°32′10″N 140°07′12″E / 35.5360°N 140.1201°E / 35.5360; 140.1201
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Uchibō Line
Distance	5.6 km from Soga
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 28, 1912
Passengers
FY2019	11,905
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hamano towards Soga Uchibō Line   Commuter Rapid   Keiyō Rapid Goi towards Kazusa-Minato Hamano towards Chiba Uchibō Line   Sobū Rapid Goi towards Kimitsu Hamano towards Soga or Chiba Uchibō Line Local Goi towards Awa-Kamogawa
Location
Yawatajuku Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Yawatajuku Station Yawatajuku Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Yawatajuku station (八幡宿駅, Yawatajuku-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yawatajuku Station is served by the Uchibo Line, and lies 5.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Soga Station.

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated station building, and has two sets of tracks running around an island platform. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Yawatajuku Station was opened on March 28, 1912 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisarazu Line. On May 24, 1919, the line's name changed to the Hōjō Line, and on April 15, 1929 to the Bōsō Line and on April 1, 1933 to the Bōsōnishi Line. It became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was renamed the Uchibō Line from July 15, 1972. The station assumed its present name from March 31, 1974. Yawatajuku Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 11,905 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surroundings

• Ichihara Police Station
• Teikyo Heisei University
• Yawata Junior High School
• Yawata Elementary School
• National Route 16
• National Route 297
• Ichihara Sporeku Park
• Port Pier Ichihara