Yabe Station

Yabe Station (矢部駅, Yabe-eki) is a commuter railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line located in Chūō Ward, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 29.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station.

JH26 Yabe Station 矢部駅
South Exit of Yabe Station
Location	Yabe 3-chōme, Chūō, Sagamihara, Kanagawa （相模原市中央区矢部三丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yokohama Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1957
Passengers
2008 [1]	11,324 daily

History

Yabe Station originated as a temporary stop for personnel working on the freight operations associated with the United States military Sagami Fuel Depot, whose trains used the Yokohama Line tracks. The stop was upgraded to a train station on October 1, 1957 on the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station building was rebuilt in October 1979. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Yokohama Line

Station layout

Yabe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The station is attended, but its operation is consigned to East Japan Eco Access Co., Ltd.

Platforms

1	JH Yokohama Line	for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna
2	JH Yokohama Line	for Sagamihara, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yokohama Line JH26
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Fuchinobe JH25		Local	Sagamihara JH27

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

1. JR East statistics. Average number of incoming passengers in fiscal year 2008.

External links

• Yabe Station (JR East) (Japanese)