Yabe Station


Yabe Station is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Company.
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Lines

Yabe Station is served by the Yokohama Line, and is located 29.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at.

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.

History

Yabe Station originated as a temporary stop for personnel working on the freight operations associated with the United States Army Sagami Fuel Depot, whose trains used the Yokohama Line tracks. The stop was upgraded to a train station on 1 October 1957 on the Japan National Railway. The station building was rebuilt in October 1979. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.
Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Yabe being assigned station number JH26.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,378 passengers daily.
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal yeardaily average
200510,949
201011,178
201512,297

Surrounding area