Yabe Station

JH26
Yabe Station

矢部駅
South Exit of Yabe Station, May 2021
General information
LocationYabe 3-18, Chūō-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken 252-0232
Japan
Coordinates35°34′23.0″N 139°23′12.4″E / 35.573056°N 139.386778°E / 35.573056; 139.386778
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Yokohama Line
Distance29.2 km from Higashi-Kanagawa
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeGround level
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeJH26
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 October 1957
Passengers
FY201912,378 daily (boarding passengers)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Sagamihara
JH27
towards Hachiōji
 Yokohama Line
Local
 Fuchinobe
JH25
towards Yokohama
Location
Yabe Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Yabe Station
Yabe Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Yabe Station is located in Japan
Yabe Station
Yabe Station
Yabe Station (Japan)

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).

Lines

Yabe Station is served by the Yokohama Line, and is located 29.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa.

Station layout

Yabe 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

1 JH Yokohama Line for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna
2 JH Yokohama Line for Sagamihara, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji

History

Yabe 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

In 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
2005 10,949[4]
2010 11,178[5]
2015 12,297[6]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.

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