Yakawa Station (八川駅, Yakawa-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Okuizumo, Nita District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
Yakawa Station 八川駅 | |||||||||||
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 Yakawa Station, August 2005 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 99, Yakawa, Okuizumo-cho, Nita-gun, Shimane-ken 699-1811 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°8′57.34″N 133°5′22.14″E / 35.1492611°N 133.0894833°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | E Kisuki Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 56.3 km (35.0 miles) from Shinji | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 November 1934 | ||||||||||
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| 2020 | 0 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editYakawa Station is served by the Kisuki Line, and is located 56.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Shinji.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. It used to have two opposed side platforms and two tracks, but the one track and Platform number 2 have been removed. The wooden station building remains, and is staffed.
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Platform, August 2005 -
Platform, August 2019
History
editYakawa Station was opened on 20 November 1934 when the extension from Izumo Minari Station on the Kisuki Line was completed. The line was further extended to Bingo-Ochiai on 12 December 1937. It became part of JR West on 1 April 1987 when Japan National Railways was privatized.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 0 passengers daily.[2]
Surrounding area
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kawashima, Reizo (2012). 山陽・山陰ライン - 全線・全駅・全配線』5 鳥取・出雲・尾道エリア [Sanyo/Sanin Line - All Lines, All Stations 5 Tottori/Izumo/Onomichi Area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-295155-5.
- ^ Numerical National Land Information Passenger Number Data by Station - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, September 2020
External links
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Media related to Yakawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Yakawa Station from JR-Odekake.net (in Japanese)
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