Station

Yahaba

矢幅

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Yahaba
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Timetable information

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Location

History

Yahaba Station opened on 1 September 1898 as a Nippon Railway stop and was nationalised in November 1906. A 15 March 1977 rebuild placed the station under the Tōhoku Shinkansen viaduct, and on 15 March 2008 a 1.443-billion-yen redevelopment — funded mostly by Yahaba Town's 1.343 billion yen contribution — opened the present bridge-style station building with east and west entrances and an elevator-and-escalator equipped free passage. The Hamayuri rapid service began calling on 14 March 2009. Heavy rain on 9 August 2013 submerged the in-station tracks, and Suica acceptance was extended here on 27 May 2023 ahead of Eki-Net Q-chiket service from 1 October 2024.

Notes

Although the host town is written 矢巾 in administrative documents, the station has long kept the older spelling 矢幅, which still survives in local place names around the platforms.

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