- Source: Moto-Yawata Station
- Stasiun Moto-Yawata
- Stasiun Shimōsa-Nakayama
- Stasiun Kudanshita
- Stasiun Jimbōchō
- Stasiun Ichikawa
- Stasiun Sumiyoshi (Tokyo)
- Stasiun Shinjuku
- Moto-Yawata Station
- Keisei Yawata Station
- S21
- Ichikawa, Chiba
- 1989 in rail transport
- 1990 in rail transport
- Fuchū Station (Tokyo)
- Higashi-fuchū Station
- Sasazuka Station
- Toei Shinjuku Line
Motoyawata Station (本八幡駅, Motoyawata-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway). It is the only station on the Toei Subway that is located in Chiba Prefecture.
Lines
Moto-Yawata Station is served by the Chūō-Sōbu Line of JR East and the Toei Shinjuku Line subway. The 23.5 kilometer Toei Shinjuku Line terminates at this station.
Station layout
The station is divided into two sections: the elevated JR station and the underground subway station. The areas outside the ticket gates of the two sections are connected by a passage.
= JR Platforms
=The JR station has one island platform serving two tracks. There is no platform for rapid and limited express services on the two other tracks of the Sōbu Main Line.
= Toei Platforms
=The subway station also has one island platform serving two tracks. While one end of the subway station is connected to the JR East station, the other end is connected to Keisei Yawata Station on the Keisei Main Line.
History
The station opened on the Sōbu Main Line on September 1, 1935. The Toei Shinjuku Line was extended to this station on March 19, 1989.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2018, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 60,125 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Toei Subway portion of the station was used by 40,500 passengers daily
Surrounding area
Ichikawa City Hall
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Media related to Moto-Yawata Station at Wikimedia Commons
Moto-Yawata Station (JR East) (in Japanese)
Motoyawata Station (Toei Subway)