Yawatahama Station
Yawatahama Station 伊予平野駅 | |
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![]() Yawatahama Station in 2014 | |
Location |
1-11-5 Edooka, Yawatahama-shi, Ehime-ken 796-0031 Japan |
Coordinates | 33°27′31″N 132°26′09″E / 33.4587°N 132.4357°ECoordinates: 33°27′31″N 132°26′09″E / 33.4587°N 132.4357°E |
Operated by |
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Line(s) | ■ Yosan Line |
Distance | 256.5 km from Takamatsu |
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms |
Tracks | 3 + several passing loops and sidings |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Parking | Available |
Disabled access | No - footbridge needed to access island platform |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed - JR ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Station code | U18 |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 6 February 1939 |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Yawatahama Station Location within Japan |
Yawatahama Station (八幡浜駅 Yawatahama-eki) is a railway station on the Yosan Line in Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U18".[1][2]
Lines
The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 256.5 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Eastbound local trains which serve the station terminate at Matsuyama. Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.[4]
In addition, the Uwakai limited express also stops at the station.[4]
Layout
The station consists of an island and a side platform serving three tracks. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. The station building houses a waiting room, shops, a JR ticket window (with a Midori no Madoguchi facility) and a JR Travel Centre (Warp Plaza). Car parking and car rental is available at the station. There is a passing loop between tracks 2 and 3, in between the side and island platform and several sidings are located south of the station beyond track 3.[2][5][6][3]
- A view of the station platforms and tracks. A passing loop can be seen on the right, between the two platforms. Sidings can be seen branching to the left beyond the island platform.
Adjacent stations
« | Service | » | ||
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JR Limited Express Services | ||||
Iyo-Ōzu | Uwakai | Unomachi | ||
Yosan Line | ||||
Senjō | Local | Futaiwa |
History
The station was opened on 6 February 1939 as the western terminus of the then Yosan Mainline which had been extended westwards from Iyo-Hirano. It became a through-station on 20 June 1945 when the track of the Yosan Mainline linked up with the track of the then Uwajima Line at Unomachi, allowing through-traffic from Takamatsu to Uwajima. At that time, the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways (JGR), later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[7][8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- 1 2 "八幡浜" [Yawatahama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- 1 2 Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第2巻 四国西部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. p. 30, 70. ISBN 9784062951616.
- 1 2 "Yawatahama Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "八幡浜駅" [Yawatahama Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "八幡浜" [Yawatahama]. JR Shikoku Official Station Website. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 641. ISBN 4533029809.
- ↑ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4533029809.
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External links
- Yawatahama Station (JR Shikoku)(in Japanese)