Yaga Station (Kanagawa)

Yaga Station (谷峨駅, Yaga-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the southern part of the town of Yamakita, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Initially primarily a freight station, used to transport firewood and charcoal from the Tanzawa Mountains, Yaga Station now serves only passenger traffic to nearby Lake Tanzawa and the Nakagawa onsen resorts.

CB07
Yaga Station

谷峨駅
Yaga Station, April 2007
General information
LocationYaga, Yamakita Town, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture 258-0115
Japan
Coordinates35°21′57.73″N 139°2′18.43″E
Operated byThe logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central
Line(s) Gotemba Line
Distance20.0 km (12.4 mi) from Kōzu
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  • Bus interchange Bus stop
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeCB07
Websitehttp://gotembasen.net/eki/谷峨
History
Opened15 July 1947 (1947-07-15)
Passengers
FY2019104 daily
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central Following station
Suruga-Oyama
CB08
towards Numazu
 Gotemba Line Yamakita
CB06
towards Kōzu
Location
Yaga Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Yaga Station
Yaga Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Yaga Station is located in Kanto Area
Yaga Station
Yaga Station
Yaga Station (Kanto Area)
Yaga Station is located in Japan
Yaga Station
Yaga Station
Yaga Station (Japan)

Lines

Yaga Station is served by the Gotemba Line and is 20.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōzu Station

Station layout

Yaga Station is an unattended station with two opposed ground side platforms.

History

Yaga Station was established on March 15, 1907, as the Yaga Signal Stop of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the predecessor to the Japanese National Railways (JNR), when the line from Yamakita to Suruga-Oyama was completed. It was upgraded to a full station on July 15, 1947. The line was electrified in 1968, and freight operations discontinued from 1971. With the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, it came under the operational control of the Central Japan Railway Company. Express train service was discontinued from 1991. A new station building was completed in March 2000.

Station numbering was introduced to the Gotemba Line in March 2018; Yaga Station was assigned station number CB07.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 104 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yeardaily average
2005175[4]
2010129[5]
2015116[6]

Bus services

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. "JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. 山北町統計書 [Yamakita Town statistics (fiscal 2018)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Yamakita Town. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  7. Fujikyu Shonan Bus Timetable(in Japanese)

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