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.
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.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 104 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year daily average 2005 175 2010 129 2015 116
Bus services Fujikyu Shonan Bus Fujikyu Shonan Bus Timetable for Nishi Tanzawa via Lake Tanzawa and Nakagawa Onsen for Shin-Matsuda Station (Odakyu Odawara Line) via Yamakita Station (JR Central)
Surrounding area National Route 246
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
Station information (Gotembasen.net)