Motoyawata Station (本八幡駅, Motoyawata-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway). It is the only station on the Toei Subway that is located in Chiba Prefecture.

Lines

Moto-Yawata Station is served by the Chūō-Sōbu Line of JR East and the Toei Shinjuku Line subway. The 23.5 kilometer Toei Shinjuku Line terminates at this station.

Station layout

The station is divided into two sections: the elevated JR station and the underground subway station. The areas outside the ticket gates of the two sections are connected by a passage.

JR Platforms

The JR station has one island platform serving two tracks. There is no platform for rapid and limited express services on the two other tracks of the Sōbu Main Line.

1	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Kinshichō, Akihabara, Shinjuku and Mitaka
2	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Nishi-Funabashi, Tsudanuma and Chiba

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  JR East platforms

Toei Platforms

The subway station also has one island platform serving two tracks. While one end of the subway station is connected to the JR East station, the other end is connected to Keisei Yawata Station on the Keisei Main Line.

1, 2

S Shinjuku Line

for Bakuro-Yokoyama, Ichigaya and Shinjuku KO Keio Line for Hatsudai, Hatagaya, Meidaimae, Chōfu, and Hashimoto

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  Toei platforms

History

The station opened on the Sōbu Main Line on September 1, 1935. The Toei Shinjuku Line was extended to this station on March 19, 1989.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 60,125 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Toei Subway portion of the station was used by 40,500 passengers daily

Surrounding area

• Ichikawa City Hall

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan