Yagihara Station
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Yagihara Station 八木原駅 | |
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 Yagihara Station, October 2006 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Yagihara 1145, Shibukawa, Gunma （群馬県渋川市八木原1145） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1921 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2013 | 1,022 daily |
Yagihara Station (八木原駅, Yagihara-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Yagihara Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 17.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki. Trains of the Agatsuma Line also stop at this station.
Station layout
The station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage; however, only one side of the island platform is in use. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Shibukawa and Minakami |
| ■ Agatsuma Line | for Nakanojō, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi | |
| 3 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Shin-Maebashi, Takasaki |
| ■ Agatsuma Line | for Shin-Maebashi, Takasaki
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Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Jōetsu Line | ||||
| Gumma-Sōja | - | Shibukawa | ||
History
Yagihara Station opened on 1 July 1921. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.
Surrounding area
- Furumaki Elementary School
- Furumaki Junior High School
- Shibukawa Yagihara Post Office
- Japan National Route 17
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yagihara Station.
- Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)