Yakō Station
Railway station in Yokohama, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yakō Station (矢向駅, Yakō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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JN03 Yakō Station 矢向駅 | |||||||||||
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 Yakō Station, September 2019 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 6 Yakō, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 230-0001 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.5395°N 139.6804°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | JN Nambu Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 2.6 km from Kawasaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||||||
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| Station code | JN03 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 9 March 1927 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 19,449 daily | ||||||||||
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Yakō Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is 2.6 km (1.6 mi) from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.
The station consists of one side platform (platform 1) and one island platform (platform 2/3) serving a total three tracks, connected by a footbridge. Platform 1 for down (Tachikawa-bound) services is on the west side of the station, alongside the station building, and the up (Kawasaki-bound) platforms 2 and 3 are connected by a footbridge.[1] The station is staffed.
Stabling sidings lie adjacent to platform 3 on the east side of the station and also on the east side of the line south of the station.[1]
Platforms
| 1 | JN Nambu Line | for Musashi-Kosugi, Musashi-Mizonokuchi, Noborito, and Tachikawa |
| 2/3 | JN Nambu Line | for Kawasaki |
Platform 3 is normally used only by trains to Kawasaki starting here during the morning and evening peak hours.[1]
The platforms viewed from the south end of platform 2 in January 2016
The platforms viewed from the north end of platform 2 in January 2016
Platform 3 with the stabling sidings on the right in January 2016
The view from the north end of platform 2/3 in January 2016, with the stabling sidings on the right
Yakō Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927.[2]
The station building was burnt down during the bombing in 1945, and was later rebuilt.[3]
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,449 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
- Yako District Center
- Yako Post Office
- Yako Shopping Street
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