Yatsumi Station

Yatsumi Station 八積駅
Yatsumi Station
Location	Iwanuma 822, Chōsei, Chōsei, Chiba （千葉県長生郡長生村岩沼822） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Sotobō Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1898
Previous names	Iwanuma (until 1915)
Traffic
Passengers (2009)	857 daily

Yatsumi Station (八積駅 Yatsumi-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Chōsei, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 38.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

History

Yatsumi Station was opened on March 25, 1898 as Iwanuma Station (岩沼駅 Iwanuma-eki) on the Boso Railway. It was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on September 1, 1907, and was renamed to its present name on March 11, 1915. It joined the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Sotobō Line

Station layout

Yatsumi Station has a two opposed side platforms connected to a two-story station building.

Platform

1	■ Sotobō Line	For Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa
2	■ Sotobō Line	For Mobara, Soga, Chiba

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Sotobō Line
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Mobara		Local	Kazusa-Ichinomiya

Coordinates: 35°24′15″N 140°20′44″E / 35.4041°N 140.3455°E

External links

• (Japanese) JR East Station information