Gumma-Yawata Station
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Gumma-Yawata Station 群馬八幡駅 | |||||||||||
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Gumma-Yawata Station in 2008 | |||||||||||
Location | Yawatamachi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken 370–0884 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°20′15″N 138°57′27″E / 36.3376°N 138.9574°ECoordinates: 36°20′15″N 138°57′27″E / 36.3376°N 138.9574°E | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Shin'etsu Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 6.4 km from Takasaki | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 15 October 1924 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 1197 | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Gumma-Yawata Station Location within Gunma Prefecture |
Gumma-Yawata Station (群馬八幡駅, Gunma-Yawata-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines[]
Gumma-Yawata Station is a station on the Shinetsu Main Line, and is located 6.4 km from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.
Station layout[]
The station has consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is attended.
Platforms[]
1 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Takasaki |
2 | ■ Shinetsu Main Line | for Yokokawa |
History[]
Gumma-Yawata Station opened on 15 October 1924. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in March 2004.[citation needed]
Passenger statistics[]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1197 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area[]
- Usui River
- Gumma-Yawata Post Office
- Yawata Industrial Estate
- Daruma-ji Temple (達磨寺)
- Kannonzuka Kofun
See also[]
References[]
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Gunma-Yawata Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)
- Stations of East Japan Railway Company
- Shin'etsu Main Line
- Railway stations in Gunma Prefecture
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 1924
- Takasaki, Gunma