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Keisei Yawata Station

Railway station in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

35°43′26″N 139°55′41″E / 35.723865°N 139.928060°E / 35.723865; 139.928060Operated by

Keisei Electric RailwayLine(s)KS Keisei Main LineDistance19.1 from Keisei-UenoPlatforms1 island platformConnectionsS21 Motoyawata StationOther informationStation codeKS16WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedNovember 3, 1915Previous namesShin-Yawata (until 1942)PassengersFY201936,364 daily Services

Preceding station		Following station
Keisei Takasago KS10 towards Keisei Ueno	Main Line "Rapid" Limited Express Limited Express Commuter Express	Keisei Funabashi KS22 towards Narita Airport Terminal 1
Keisei Koiwa KS11 towards Keisei Ueno	Main Line Rapid	Higashi-Nakayama KS24 towards Narita Airport Terminal 1
Sugano KS15 towards Keisei Ueno	Main Line Local	Onigoe KS17 towards Narita Airport Terminal 1

Location
Keisei Yawata Station Location within Chiba Prefecture

Keisei Yawata Station (京成八幡駅, Keisei Yawata-eki) is a railway station on the Keisei Main Line in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. The station is located near Motoyawata Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.

Lines

Keisei Yawata Station is served by the Keisei Main Line, and is located 19.1 kilometres (11.9 mi) from the terminus of the line at Keisei-Ueno Station.

Layout

The station consists of a single island platform connected via a footbridge 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)

History

Keisei Yawata Station was opened on 3 November 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 15 August 1942. The station was renamed to its present name on 1 November 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.

Station numbering was introduced to all Keisei Line stations on 17 July 2010. Keisei Yawata was assigned station number KS16.^[1]^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 36,364 passengers daily.^[3]

Surrounding area

Moto-Yawata Station ( Toei Shinjuku Line)
Showa Gakuin Junior College
Fuji Girls' High School

References

^ "京成線各駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入いたします" ["Station numbering" will be introduced to each station on the Keisei Line] (PDF). keisei.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "京成と京急が駅ナンバリングを導入" [Keisei and Keikyu to introduce station numbering]. Tetsudo News (in Japanese). 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ 2019年度駅別１日平均乗降人) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Keisei Railway. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.