Yabe Station

Yabe Station (矢部駅, Yabe-eki) is a commuter railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line located in Chūō Ward, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 29.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station.

JH26
Yabe Station

矢部駅
South Exit of Yabe Station
LocationYabe 3-chōme, Chūō, Sagamihara, Kanagawa
（相模原市中央区矢部三丁目）
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Yokohama Line
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1957
Traffic
Passengers (2008 [1])11,324 daily

History

Yabe Station originated as a temporary stop for personnel working on the freight operations associated with the United States military Sagami Fuel Depot, whose trains used the Yokohama Line tracks. The stop was upgraded to a train station on October 1, 1957 on the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station building was rebuilt in October 1979. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Lines

Station layout

Yabe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.

Platforms
1 JH Yokohama Line for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna
2 JH Yokohama Line for Sagamihara, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Yokohama Line JH26
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Fuchinobe JH25 Local Sagamihara JH27

References
  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
  1. JR East statistics. Average number of incoming passengers in fiscal year 2008.


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