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Yatsumi Station

Yatsumi Station

Railway station in Chōsei, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Yatsumi Station (八積駅, Yatsumi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Chōsei, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

Yatsumi Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and lies 38.9 km (24.2 mi) from the starting point of the line at Chiba Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to a two-story station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platform

1 ■ Sotobō Line For Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa
2 ■ Sotobō Line For Mobara, Soga, Chiba

History

Yatsumi Station was opened on 25 March 1898 as Iwanuma Station (岩沼駅, Iwanuma-eki) on the Boso Railway. It was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on 1 September 1907, and was renamed to its present name on 11 March 1915. It joined the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 726 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. [1]
    各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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