Keisei Yawata Station
Keisei Yawata Station (京成八幡駅, Keisei Yawata-eki) is a railway station operated by Keisei Electric Railway's Keisei Main Line located in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 19.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keisei Main Line at Keisei-Ueno Station. The station is located near Motoyawata Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.
KS16 Keisei Yawata Station 京成八幡駅 | |
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 Keisei Yawata Station | |
| Location | 3-2-1 Yawata, Ichikawa, Chiba （千葉県市川市八幡三丁目2番1号） Japan |
| Operated by |  |
| Line(s) | KS Keisei Main Line |
| Connections | S21 Motoyawata Station |
| Other information | |
| Station code | KS16 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1915 |
| Previous names | Shin-Yawata (until 1942) |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2015) | 33,275 daily[1] |
History
Keisei Yawata Station was opened on November 3, 1915 as Shin-Yawata Station (新八幡駅, Shin-Yawata eki). The original Yawata Station was located towards Onigoe Station and was closed on August 15, 1942. The station was renamed to its present name on November 1, 1942. Ichikawa Keisei Department Store opened at the station in 1963.The store closed in 2007 as part of the JR Motoyawata Station re-development project.
Layout
Keisei Yawata Station has a single island platform connected via an overpass to an elevated station building.
Platforms
| 1 | KS Keisei Main Line | for Keisei Takasago, Nippori, Keisei Ueno and Oshiage A Toei Asakusa Line for Nihombashi, Shimbashi and Nishi-magome KK Keikyu Main Line for Shinagawa and Haneda Airport (International Terminal and Domestic Terminal) |
| 2 | KS Keisei Main Line | for Keisei Funabashi, Keisei Tsudanuma, Keisei Chiba, Keisei Narita and Narita Airport (Terminal 2·3 and Terminal 1) |
Adjacent stations
| ← | Service | → | ||
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| Keisei Main Line KS16 | ||||
| Morningliner: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Eveningliner: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Keisei-Takasago KS10 | Limited Express | Keisei-Funabashi KS22 | ||
| Keisei-Takasago KS10 | Limited Express | Keisei-Funabashi KS22 | ||
| Keisei-Takasago KS10 | Commuter Express | Keisei-Funabashi KS22 | ||
| Keisei-Koiwa KS11 | Rapid | Higashi-Nakayama KS19 | ||
| Sugano KS15 | Local | Onigoe KS17 | ||
Surrounding area
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External links
- (in Japanese) Keisei Station layout