Yokoshiba

Weekday departures: 54/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 52/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:33 / 23:33

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (5)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 to 5 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Sobu Main Line: timetable covers only part of the line

• Sobu Main Line: Igura ⇄ Matsuo (Chiba)

Yokoshiba Station opened on 1 June 1897 with the Sōbu Railway's Narutō–Chōshi extension, handling both passenger and freight traffic. In the steam era it served as a watering stop for locomotives, with correspondingly long scheduled halts. The Sōbu Railway was nationalised on 1 September 1907 and absorbed into the Sōbu Main Line under the 1909 line-name regulations. Freight handling ended on 1 July 1973 and the Sakura–Chōshi section was electrified the following year. JR East took over at the 1987 privatisation, and Shiosai limited express services stop here. The wooden hip-and-gable station building still in use today dates to 1897 (refurbished in 1998) and is, as of 2024, the oldest surviving station building in Chiba Prefecture.

The wooden hip-and-gable station building dates from the 1897 opening and is, as of 2024, the oldest surviving station building in Chiba Prefecture.