Yotsukaidō Station (四街道駅) is a passenger railway station in the city of Yotsukaidō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Yotsukaidō Station is served by the Sōbu Main Line between Tokyo and Chōshi, and is located 46.9 kilometers from the western terminus of the Sōbu Main Line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform and an island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Yotsukaidō Station was opened on December 9, 1894 as a station on the Sōbu Railway for both passenger and freight operations. On September 1, 1907, the Sōbu Railway was nationalised, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations were suspended from February 1, 1974. A new elevated station building was completed in December 1981. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in 2002.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,975 passengers daily

Surrounding area