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Gumma Yawata Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Passengers (FY2013)
  
1,033 daily

Opened
  
1924

Line(s)
  
Shinetsu Main Line

Address
  
Japan

Gumma-Yawata Station

Location
  
Yawata-machi, Takasaki, Gunma (群馬県高崎市八幡町) Japan

Similar
  
Kita‑Takasaki Station, Ino Station, Takasakitonyamachi Station, Minami‑Takasaki Station, Kuragano Station

Gumma-Yawata Station (群馬八幡駅, Gunma-Yawata-eki) is a railway station on the Shin'etsu Main Line in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

Gumma-Yawata Station is a station on the Shinetsu Main Line, and is located 6.4 km from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

Gumma-Yawata Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.

History

Gumma-Yawata Station opened on 15 October 1924. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in March 2004.

Surrounding area

  • Usui River
  • Gumma-Yawata Post Office
  • Yawata Industrial Estate
  • Daruma-ji Temple (達磨寺)
  • Kannonzuka Kofun
  • References

    Gumma-Yawata Station Wikipedia