Yui Station

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JRCSN|CA|12|size=50}}
Yui Station

| native_name = 由比駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Yui Station.JPG

| alt =

| caption = JR Yui Station, February 2016

| other_name =

| style = JR Central

| address = Yui-Imajuku, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{coord|35|5|50|N|138|33|10|E|display=inline, title|region:JP_type:railwaystation}}

| operator = 20px JR Central

| line = 18px Tokaido Main Line

| distance = 158.4 kilometers from {{STN|Tokyo|x}}

| platforms = 1 island + 2 side platforms

| tracks = 4

| connections =

| structure =

| code = CA12

| status = Staffed

| website = {{Official website|1=https://railway.jr-central.co.jp/station-guide/shizuoka/yui/index.html}}

| opened = April 15, 1916

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 1,587 daily

| pass_year = FY2017

| map_type = Japan Shizuoka Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Yui Station

}}

File:Yui Station Platform.jpg

{{nihongo|Yui Station|由比駅|Yui eki}} is a railway station in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

Yui Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, located 158.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving Track 1 and Track 4, and an island platform between them serving Track 2 and Track 3. The platforms are connected to the station building by a footbridge. Track 1 and Track 4 are used only during peak hours for express trains to pass. The station building has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and a staffed ticket office.

=Platforms=

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Adjacent stations

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Station history

Although local residents had petitioned for a station when the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line connecting Shizuoka with Hamamatsu was completed. Yui Station was opened in 1889, the low population and proximity to Kambara Station led to the petition being rejected. However, with the growing importance of agricultural products (green tea, mikan) and Yui's importance as a fishing port, the request for a station was finally granted on April 15, 1916. Regularly scheduled freight service was discontinued in 1971.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Yui Station was assigned station number CA12.{{Cite web |date=13 December 2017 |title=在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します |trans-title=Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations |url=https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118061935/https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2023 |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=jr-central.co.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=14 December 2017 |title=JR東海，在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入 |trans-title=JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines |url=https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052707/https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html |archive-date=1 November 2020 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,587 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web |url= http://toukei.pref.shizuoka.jp/toukeikikakuhan/page/nenkan/documents/h29_11_06.pdf|script-title=ja:静岡県統計年鑑2017(平成29年))|year= 2018|publisher= Shizuoka Prefecture|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 5 July 2019}}