U18 Yawatahama Station 八幡浜駅 | |||||||||||
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![]() Yawatahama Station in 2014 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1-11-5 Edooka, Yawatahama City, Ehime Prefecture 796-0031 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°27′31″N 132°26′09″E / 33.4587°N 132.4357°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Yosan Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 262.8 km (163.3 mi) from Takamatsu | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 + several passing loops and sidings | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||
Accessible | 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 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 2038 | ||||||||||
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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]
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 |
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]