Railway station in Yokohama, Japan
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).
Lines
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 .
Station layout
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]
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]
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
History
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]
Passenger statistics
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.
Fiscal year
daily average
2005
14,555[ 5]
2010
16,214[ 6]
2015
17,979[ 7]
Surrounding area
Yako District Center
Yako Post Office
Yako Shopping Street
See also
References
^ a b c Kawashima, Ryozo (18 March 2009). 日本の鉄道 東海道ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１巻 東京駅 － 横浜エリア [Railways of Japan - Tokaido Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 1 Tokyo - Yokohama area ] (in Japanese). Japan: Kodansha. p. 52. ISBN 978-4-06-270011-5 ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR ]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 65. ISBN 4-533-02980-9 ^ Harada, Katsumasa (April 1999). 南武線いまむかし [Nambu Line - Then and Now ] (in Japanese). Kawasaki: Tamagawa Shinbunsha. p. 97. ISBN 4-924882-28-3 ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) . Retrieved 11 August 2020 .^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021 .^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021 .^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021 .
External links
Yakō Station at Wikimedia Commons
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