Yagami Station

Yagami Station building as of 2007-09-26

enclosure 2007-09-26

On the platform looking toward Tōjō

On the platform looking toward Nochi

Yagami Station (矢神駅, Yagami-eki) is a JR West Geibi Line station located in Yada, Tessei-chō, Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

History

The name of the station is a combination of two characters from the names of two small towns which merged: the 矢 from Yada (矢田) and the 神 from Kamikōjiro (上神代).

• 1930-02-10: Yagami Station opens when the Sanshin Line between Bitchū Kōjiro Station and Yagami is opened.
• 1930-11-25: Service to Tōjō Station begins.
• 2006-03-18: Express train service begins (one morning train only, all other express trains bypass Yagami Station)

Station layout

Yagami Station is a ground-level station having two platforms.

Highway access

• Route 182

Connecting lines

All lines are JR West lines.

Geibi Line

Express: Niimi Station — Yagami Station — Tōjō Station

Local: Ichioka Station — Yagami Station — Nochi Station

External links

• (in Japanese) JR West