Yawatahama Station

Yawatahama Station (八幡浜駅, Yawatahama-eki) is a railway station on the Yosan Line in Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U18".[1][2]

Yawatahama Station 八幡浜駅
Yawatahama Station in 2014
Location	1-11-5 Edooka, Yawatahama-shi, Ehime-ken 796-0031 Japan
Coordinates	33°27′31″N 132°26′09″E
Operated by	JR Shikoku
Line(s)	■ Yosan Line
Distance	256.5 km from Takamatsu
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3 + several passing loops and sidings
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Disabled access	No - footbridge needed to access island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed - JR ticket window (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	U18
Website	Official website
History
Opened	6 February 1939
Location
Yawatahama Station Location within Japan

Lines

The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 256.5 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.[3] Eastbound local trains which serve the station terminate at Matsuyama. Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.[4]

In addition, the Uwakai limited express also stops at the station.[4]

Layout

The station consists of an island and a side platform serving three tracks. Access to the island platform is by means of a footbridge. The station building houses a waiting room, shops, a JR ticket window (with a Midori no Madoguchi facility) and a JR Travel Centre (Warp Plaza). Car parking and car rental is available at the station. There is a passing loop between tracks 2 and 3, in between the side and island platform and several sidings are located south of the station beyond track 3.[2][5][6][3]

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  A view of the station platforms and tracks. A passing loop can be seen on the right, between the two platforms. Sidings can be seen branching to the left beyond the island platform.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Limited Express Services
Iyo-Ōzu		Uwakai	Unomachi
Yosan Line
Senjō		Local	Futaiwa

History

The station was opened on 6 February 1939 as the western terminus of the then Yosan Mainline which had been extended westwards from Iyo-Hirano. It became a through-station on 20 June 1945 when the track of the Yosan Mainline linked up with the track of the then Uwajima Line at Unomachi, allowing through-traffic from Takamatsu to Uwajima. At that time, the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways (JGR), later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.[7][8]

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "Shikoku Railway Route Map" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
2. "八幡浜" [Yawatahama]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
3. Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第2巻 四国西部エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 2 Western Shikoku] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 30, 70. ISBN 9784062951616.
4. "Yawatahama Station Timetable" (PDF). JR Shikoku. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
5. "八幡浜駅" [Yawatahama Station]. shikoku.org.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
6. "八幡浜" [Yawatahama]. JR Shikoku Official Station Website. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
7. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 641. ISBN 4533029809.
8. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 213–215. ISBN 4533029809.

External links

• Yawatahama Station (JR Shikoku)(in Japanese)