Yabe Station

Yabe Station 矢部駅
South Exit of Yabe Station
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Sagamihara
Ward	Chūō
Neighborhood etc.	Yabe 3-chōme
Postal Code	229 - 0032
(in Japanese)	相模原市中央区矢部三丁目
History
Year opened	1957
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Yokohama Line
Statistics	11,324 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Yabe Station (矢部駅, Yabe-eki) is a commuter railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line located in Chūō Ward, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 29.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station.

History

Yabe Station originated as a temporary stop for personnel working on the freight operations associated with the United States military Sagami Fuel Depot, whose trains used the Yokohama Line tracks. The stop was upgraded to a train station on October 1, 1957 on the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station building was rebuilt in October 1979. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Yokohama Line

Station layout

Yabe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.

Platforms

1	■Yokohama Line	Machida, Shin-Yokohama, Higashi-Kanagawa
2	■Yokohama Line	Hashimoto, Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yokohama Line
Rapid: no stop
Fuchinobe		Local	Sagamihara

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Yabe Station (JR East) (Japanese)