Yakō Station


Yakō Station is a passenger railway station located in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Yakō Station is served by the Nambu Line. The station is from the southern terminus of the line at Kawasaki Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving a total three tracks, connected by a footbridge. Platform 1 for down services is on the west side of the station, alongside the station building, and the up platforms 2 and 3 are connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Stabling sidings lie adjacent to platform 3 on the east side of the station and also on the east side of the line south of the station.

Platforms

Platform 3 is normally used only by trains to Kawasaki starting here during the morning and evening peak hours.

History

Yakō Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on 9 March 1927.
The station building was burnt down during the bombing in 1945, and was later rebuilt.
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,449 passengers daily.
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal yeardaily average
200514,555
201016,214
201517,979

Surrounding area