Yashirochō Station

Yashirochō Station

社町駅
Yashirochō Station in 2008
General information
LocationKotaka-chō, Katō-shi, Hyōgo-ken 679-0221
Japan
Coordinates34°55′13″N 134°56′03″E / 34.9204°N 134.9343°E / 34.9204; 134.9343
Operated by JR West
Line(s) I  Kakogawa Line
Distance24.2 km (15.0 miles) from Kakogawa
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
  • Bus stop
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 August 1913 (1913-08-10)
Previous namesYashiroguchi (to 1916): Bantetsu-Yashiroguchi (to 1943)
Passengers
FY2019448 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Aonogahara
towards Kakogawa
Kakogawa Line
Local
Takino
towards Tanikawa
Location
Yashirochō Station is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Yashirochō Station
Yashirochō Station
Location within Hyōgo Prefecture
Yashirochō Station is located in Japan
Yashirochō Station
Yashirochō Station
Yashirochō Station (Japan)

Yashirochō Station (社町駅, Yashirochō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Katō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

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Yashirochō Station is served by the Kakogawa Line and is 24.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kakogawa

Station layout

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The station consists of two opposed unnumbered ground-level side platform connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

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station side   Kakogawa Line for Ao and Kakogawa
opposite side   Kakogawa Line for Nishiwakishi and Tanikawa

History

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Yashirochō Station opened on 10 August 1913 as Yashiroguchi Station (社口駅). It was renamed Bantetsu-Yashiroguchi Station (播鉄社駅) on 22 November 1916. When the line was nationalized on 1 June 1943, the name was changed to its present name. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 448 passengers daily[1]

Surrounding area

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  • Takino Industrial Park

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌􏰆􏰇􏰈􏰉􏰊􏰋􏰌養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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