Yasu Station (Shiga)

Yasu Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 38.0 kilometers from {{STN|Maibara|x}} and 483.9 kilometers from {{STN|Tokyo|x}}.

The station consists of one island platform serving one track (No. 1) and one island platform serving two tracks (Nos. 2 and 3). The ticket windows and gates are located in the building above the platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/premises.php?id=0610108|title=構内図|author=West Japan Railway Company|access-date=March 21, 2014}}

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Yasu Station opened on 16 June 1891 as a station for both passenger and freight operations on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), which became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. Freight operations ceased on 15 March 1972. A new station building was completed in January 1973. The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.{{Teishajo|II|32}}

Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Yasu being assigned station number JR-A21.{{Cite web |date=20 July 2016 |title=近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！ |trans-title="Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area! |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/07/page_8973.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010608/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/07/page_8973.html |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=westjr.co.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=20 July 2016 |title=「駅ナンバー」一覧表 |trans-title="Station number" list |url=https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/160720_01_ekinumber.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116010610/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/160720_01_ekinumber.pdf |archive-date=16 November 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=westjr.co.jp |language=ja}}

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,313 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web|url=https://www.pref.shiga.lg.jp/file/attachment/5235686.pdf|script-title=ja:令和元年滋賀県統計書|trans-title=Shiga Prefecture Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition)|year= 2020|publisher= Shiga Prefecture|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= 11 August 2021}}

• Yasu City Hall
• Yasu Hospital
• Shiga Prefectural Yasu High School
• Yasu City Yasu Elementary School

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• [https://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top?id=0610108 JR West official home page]

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Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1891

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Category:Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture

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