Gumma-Yawata Station

Gumma-Yawata Station 群馬八幡駅
File:Gumma-Yawata Station Office.JPG Gumma-Yawata Station in 2008
Location	Yawata-machi, Takasaki, Gunma （群馬県高崎市八幡町） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Shinetsu Main Line
History
Opened	1924
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	1,033 daily

Gumma-Yawata Station (群馬八幡駅, Gunma-Yawata-eki) is a railway station on the Shin'etsu Main Line in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Gumma-Yawata Station is a station on the Shinetsu Main Line, and is located 6.4 km from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

Gumma-Yawata Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge.

Platforms

1	■ Shinetsu Main Line	for Takasaki
2	■ Shinetsu Main Line	for Yokokawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Shinetsu Main Line
Kita-Takasaki		-	Annaka

History

Gumma-Yawata Station opened on 15 October 1924. With the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. A new station building was completed in March 2004.

Surrounding area

• Usui River
• Gumma-Yawata Post Office
• Yawata Industrial Estate
• Daruma-ji Temple (達磨寺)
• Kannonzuka Kofun

External links

• JR East station information (Japanese)