Yashiro Station

{{short description|Railway station in Chikuma, Nagano Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Yashiro Station

| native_name = 屋代駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Yashiro-eki01.JPG

| alt =

| caption = Yashiro Station in March 2008

| other_name =

| address = 3139 Ojima, Chikuma-shi, Nagano-ken 387-0013

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|36.5330|N|138.1278|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline}}

| operator = 20px Shinano Railway

| line = {{colorbull|orange}} Shinano Railway Line

| distance = 59.9 km from {{STN|Karuizawa|x}}

| platforms = 1 side + 1 island platform

| tracks = 3

| connections =

| structure =

| elevation = 361 m{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

| code =

| status = Staffed

| website = {{official|1=http://www.shinanorailway.co.jp/area/yashiro.php}}

| opened = 15 March 1888

| rebuilt =

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 4,464 daily

| pass_year = FY2011

| services =

| map_type = Japan Nagano Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Yashiro Station

}}

{{nihongo|Yashiro Station|屋代駅|Yashiro-eki}} is a railway station on the Shinano Railway Line in the city of Chikuma, Nagano, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Shinano Railway.

Lines

Yashiro Station is served by the Shinano Railway Line and is 59.9 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Karuizawa Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform and one side platform serving three tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge.

=Platforms=

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{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|nidx=Shinano Railway Line|col=Orange|dir=-}}

{{ja-rail-line|pfn=3|first=3|nidx=Shinano Railway Line|col=Orange|dir=for {{STN|Ueda|x|Nagano}}, {{STN|Komoro|x}}, and {{STN|Karuizawa|x}}}}

Adjacent stations

{{j-rserv|service=Local|col=DarkGrey|previous={{STN|Chikuma|x}}|next={{STN|Yashiro Kōkō-mae|x}}}}

History

Yashiro Station opened on 15 August 1888.{{cite book | last = Terada | first = Hirokazu |script-title=ja: データブック日本の私鉄 |trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways | publisher = Neko Publishing | date = 19 January 2013 | location = Japan | page = 239| isbn = 978-4-7770-1336-4}} The Nagano Electric Railway Yashiro Line also served this station from 10 June 1922 to 31 March 2012.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}