Yanagimoto Station

Yanagimoto Station (柳本駅, Yanagimoto-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tenri, Nara, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Yanagimoto Station 柳本駅
JR-West commuter rail station
Yanagimoto Station in 2019
General information
Location	1306 Yanagimotochō, Tenri-shi, Nara-ken 632-0052 Japan
Coordinates	34°33′33″N 135°50′19″E
Owned by	West Japan Railway Company (JR-West)
Operated by	Unstaffed
Line(s)	Passenger train services:  U  Man-yō Mahoroba Line Railway track: Sakurai Line
Distance	14.3 km (8.9 miles) from Nara
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Train operators	JR-West
Connections	None
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	None
Other information
Website	http://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top.php?id=0621706
History
Opened	11 May 1898 (1898-05-11)
Passengers
2020	466 daily
Services Preceding station   JR-West   Following station  U  Man-yō Mahoroba Line Nagara toward Nara   Local   Makimuku toward Wakayama, Ōji, Takada, and Sakurai Nagara One-way   Rapid Service   Makimuku toward JR Namba
Location Yanagimoto Station Location within Nara Prefecture Yanagimoto Station Yanagimoto Station (Kansai region) Yanagimoto Station Yanagimoto Station (Japan)

Lines

Although the station is on the Sakurai Line as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services. It is 14.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Nara.

Layout

Yanagimoto Station is an above-ground station with two opposed side platforms with two tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■  U  Man-yō Mahoroba Line	for Nara
2	■  U  Man-yō Mahoroba Line	for Wakayama, Ōji, Takada, Sakurai for JR Namba

History

Yanagimoto Station was opened on 11 May 1898 as a station on the Nara Railway. The line was transferrer to the Kansai Railway on 7 February 1905, which was subsequently nationalized on 1 October 1907. The current station building was completed in 1930. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station was transferred to JR West. The station building was transferred to the city of Tenri in 2019, and was remodeled to include a cafe and retail spaces.

Passenger statistics

The average daily passenger traffic in fiscal 2020 was 466 passengers.。

Surrounding area

• Kurozuka Kofun
• Chōgaku-ji

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Yanagimoto Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)