Yobe Station
Yobe Station 余部駅 | |||||||||||
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 Yobe Station in August 2012 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-25-1 Aoyamakita, Himeji-shi, Hyōgo-ken 669-6671 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°51′22″N 134°38′32″E / 34.8562°N 134.6421°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | .svg){kind=logo} West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Kishin Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) from Himeji | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 September 1930 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 2228 daily | ||||||||||
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Yobe Station (余部駅, Yobe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1][2]
Lines
[edit]Yobe Station is served by the Kishin Line, and is located 6.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Himeji.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Kishin Line
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for Sayo |
| 2 | ■ Kishin Line
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for Himeji |
History
[edit]Yobe Station opened on September 1, 1930. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2228 passengers daily.[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Hyogo Prefectural University Himeji Shosha Campus
- Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Shikisai High School
- Himeji Railway Department
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 兵庫の鉄道全駅 JR・三セク [All stations in Hyogo Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun Shuppan Center. 2011. ISBN 978-4-343-00602-8.
- ^ 山陽・山陰ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第3巻 京都北部・兵庫エリア [Sanyo and San'in Lines - All routes, stations and tracks Volume 3: North Kyoto and Hyogo Areas] (in Japanese). Kodansha. 2012. ISBN 978-4-06-295153-1.
- ^ 兵庫県統計書令和元年(2019) [Hyogo Prefectural Statistics Reiwa First Year (2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
External links
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Media related to Yobe Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)
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