Operated by JR East Passengers (FY2014) 2,897 daily Opened 1886 | Line(s) Tohoku Main Line Address Japan | |
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Location 1 Ōgi-chō, Yaita, Tochigi（栃木県矢板市扇町1丁目）Japan Similar | ||
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Yaita Station (矢板駅, Yaita-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line in Yaita, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Yaita Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and lies 141.8 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo. The station was formerly also the terminus of the 23.5 km Tobu Yaita Line, which operated from Shin-Takatoku on the Tobu Kinugawa Line between 1 March 1924 and 30 June 1959.
Station layout
This station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, platform 2 is not in regular operation. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
History
Yaita Station opened on 1 October 1886. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 2,897 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).