Keisei Yawata Station

Keisei Yawata Station (京成八幡駅, Keisei Yawata-eki) is a railway station operated by Keisei Electric Railway's Keisei Main Line located in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 19.1 kilometers from the terminus of the Keisei Main Line at Keisei-Ueno Station. The station is located near Motoyawata Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line.

KS16
Keisei Yawata Station

京成八幡駅
Keisei Yawata Station
Location3-2-1 Yawata, Ichikawa, Chiba
（千葉県市川市八幡三丁目2番1号）
Japan
Operated by Keisei Electric Railway
Line(s)KS Keisei Main Line
ConnectionsS21 Motoyawata Station
Other information
Station codeKS16
History
Opened1915
Previous namesShin-Yawata (until 1942)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015)33,275 daily[1]

History

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

Lines

Layout

Keisei Yawata Station has a single island platform connected via an overpass to an elevated station building.

Platforms
Platforms of the station
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)

Adjacent stations
←Service→
Keisei Main Line KS16
Morningliner: Does not stop at this station
Eveningliner: Does not stop at this station
Keisei-Takasago KS10   Limited Express   Keisei-Funabashi KS22
Keisei-Takasago KS10   Limited Express   Keisei-Funabashi KS22
Keisei-Takasago KS10   Commuter Express   Keisei-Funabashi KS22
Keisei-Koiwa KS11   Rapid   Higashi-Nakayama KS19
Sugano KS15   Local   Onigoe KS17

Surrounding area
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References
  1. "京成電鉄 電車情報".


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