Motoyawata Station

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Motoyawata Station
本八幡駅
JR Motoyawata sta 002.jpg
Elevated JR station
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Ichikawa
History
Year opened 1935
Rail services
Station number(s) S-21
Operator(s) JR East, Toei
Line(s) Sōbu Main Line
Toei Shinjuku Line

Motoyawata Station (本八幡駅 Motoyawata eki?) is a railway station located in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway) and serves the Sōbu Main Line (Chūo-Sōbu Line) of JR East and the Toei Shinjuku Line subway.

The Toei Shinjuku Line terminates at this station.

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[edit] Layout

The station is divided into two sections: the elevated JR station and the underground subway station. The areas outside the ticket gates of the two sections are connected by a passage.

The JR station has one island platform serving two tracks.[1] There is no platform for rapid and limited express services on the two other tracks of the Sōbu Main Line.

The subway station also has one island platform serving two tracks. While one end of the subway station is connected to the JR station, the other end is connected to Keisei Yawata Station on the Keisei Main Line.

[edit] History

The station opened on the Sōbu Main Line on September 1, 1935.[2] The Toei Shinjuku Line extended to this station on March 19, 1989.

[edit] Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR East
Sōbu Line (Local Service)
Shimōsa-Nakayama - Ichikawa
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Toei Shinjuku Line
Terminus Local Shinozaki
Terminus Express Funabori

[edit] References

  1. ^ Motoyawata Station guide map by JR East. (Japanese) Retrieved on 2008-10-26.
  2. ^ Motoyawata Station information by JR East. (Japanese) Retrieved on 2008-10-26.

[edit] External links


Coordinates: 35°43′18″N 139°55′37″E / 35.7218°N 139.9269°E / 35.7218; 139.9269

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