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Yagihara Station

Yagihara Station
八木原駅
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Yagihara Station, October 2006
Location Yagihara 1145, Shibukawa, Gunma
(群馬県渋川市八木原1145)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
History
Opened 1921
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 1,022 daily

Yagihara Station (八木原駅 Yagihara-eki?) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Yagihara Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 17.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki. Trains of the Agatsuma Line also stop at this station.

The station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passage; however, only one side of the island platform is in use. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Yagihara Station opened on 1 July 1921. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.


Coordinates: 36°27′50″N 139°01′09″E / 36.4639°N 139.0191°E / 36.4639; 139.0191


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