Yabe Station (矢部駅, Yabe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JH26 Yabe Station 矢部駅 | |||||||||||
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 South Exit of Yabe Station, May 2021 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Yabe 3-18, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-0232 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°34′23.0″N 139°23′12.4″E / 35.573056°N 139.386778°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Yokohama Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 29.2 km from Higashi-Kanagawa | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground level | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | JH26 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1957 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 12,378 daily (boarding passengers) | ||||||||||
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Lines
editYabe Station is served by the Yokohama Line, and is located 29.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa.
Station layout
editYabe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.
Platforms
edit| 1 | JH Yokohama Line | for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna |
| 2 | JH Yokohama Line | for Sagamihara, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji |
History
editYabe Station originated as a temporary stop for personnel working on the freight operations associated with the United States Army Sagami Fuel Depot, whose trains used the Yokohama Line tracks. The stop was upgraded to a train station on 1 October 1957 on the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station building was rebuilt in October 1979. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.
Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Yabe being assigned station number JH26.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,378 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average |
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| 2005 | 10,949[4] |
| 2010 | 11,178[5] |
| 2015 | 12,297[6] |
Surrounding area
edit- Azabu University
- Fuchinobe High School
- U.S. Forces Japan Sagami General Depot
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Yabe Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information page (in Japanese)