Yaita Station
# Yaita Station

Yaita Station (矢板駅, Yaita-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yaita, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Yaita Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and lies 141.8 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo. The station was formerly also the terminus of the 23.5 km Tobu Yaita Line, which operated from Shin-Takatoku on the Tobu Kinugawa Line between 1 March 1924 and 30 June 1959.

## Station layout

This station has one island platform and one side platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. However, platform 2 is not in regular operation. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Nasushiobara and Kuroiso |
| - | - | - |
| 3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Utsunomiya, Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami (via JT Tokaido Line) |

## History

Yaita Station opened on 1 October 1886. With the privatization of JNR 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 2728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Yaita City Hall
* YaitaPost Office
* National Route 4
