Yawatahama Station (八幡浜駅, Yawatahama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "U18".[1][2]
U18 Yawatahama Station 八幡浜駅 | |
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![]() Yawatahama Station in 2014 | |
General information | |
Location | 1-11-5 Edooka, Yawatahama-shi, Ehime-ken 796-0031 Japan |
Coordinates | 33°27′31″N 132°26′09″E |
Operated by | ![]() |
Line(s) | ■ Yosan Line |
Distance | 262.8 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 (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Station code | U18 |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 6 February 1939; 83 years ago (1939-02-06) |
Passengers | |
FY2019 | 2038 |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Yawatahama Station Location within Ehime Prefecture Show map of Ehime Prefecture![]() ![]() Yawatahama Station Yawatahama Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Yawatahama Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 262.8 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]
The station consists of an island platform 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 (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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JR Limited Express Services | ||||
Iyo-Ōzu | Uwakai | Unomachi | ||
Yosan Line | ||||
Senjō | Local | Futaiwa |
Yawatahama 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]
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Stations of the JR Shikoku Yosan Line | |
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Branches (via Uchiko Line)
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