Yabuki Station (矢吹駅, Yabuki-eki) is a railway station in the town of Yabuki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Yabuki Station

矢吹駅
Yabuki Station in August 2013
General information
LocationNakamachi 235-4, Yabuki-machi, Nishishirakawa-gun, Fukushima-ken 969-0221
Japan
Coordinates37°12′19″N 140°19′40″E / 37.2054°N 140.3277°E / 37.2054; 140.3277
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Tōhoku Main Line
Distance203.4 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJuly 16, 1887
Passengers
FY20181066 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Izumizaki
towards Kuroiso
Tōhoku Main Line
Local
Kagamiishi
towards Morioka
Location
Yabuki Station is located in Fukushima Prefecture
Yabuki Station
Yabuki Station
Location within Fukushima Prefecture
Yabuki Station is located in Japan
Yabuki Station
Yabuki Station
Yabuki Station (Japan)

Lines edit

Yabuki Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 203.4 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout edit

The station has one island platform and two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms edit

1  Tōhoku Main Line for Kōriyama and Fukushima
2  Tōhoku Main Line for Kōriyama and Fukushima (starting trains)
for Shirakawa, and Kuroiso
3  Tōhoku Main Line for Shirakawa and Kuroiso

History edit

Yabuki Station opened on July 16, 1887. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in October 1995.

Passenger statistics edit

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1066 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (20186年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

External links edit

  Media related to Yabuki Station at Wikimedia Commons