Gumma-Yawata Station

Gumma-Yawata Station (群馬八幡駅, Gunma-Yawata-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Gumma-Yawata Station

群馬八幡駅
Gumma-Yawata Station in 2008
LocationYawatamachi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken 370–0884
Japan
Coordinates36.3376°N 138.9574°E / 36.3376; 138.9574
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Shin'etsu Line
Distance6.4 km from Takasaki
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 October 1924
Passengers
FY20191197
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Annaka
toward Yokokawa
 Shin'etsu Main Line
Takasaki – Yokokawa
 Kita-Takasaki
toward Takasaki
Location
Gumma-Yawata Station
Location within Gunma Prefecture
Gumma-Yawata Station
Gumma-Yawata Station (Japan)

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

The station has consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms
1 ■ Shinetsu Main Line for Takasaki
2 ■ Shinetsu Main Line for Yokokawa

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1197 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

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

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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