Yawatajuku Station
Lines. Yawatajuku Station is served by the Uchibo Line, and lies 5.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Soga Station. Station layout. The station consists of an elevated station building, and has two sets of tracks running around an island platform. The station is staffed. History. Yawatajuku Station was opened on March 28, 1912 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisarazu Line. On May 24, 1919, the line's name changed to the Hōjō Line, and on April 15, 1929 to the Bōsō Line and on April 1, 1933 to the Bōsōnishi Line . It became part of the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II, and the line was renamed the Uchibō Line from July 15, 1972. The station assumed its present name from March 31, 1974. Yawatajuku Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Passenger statistics. In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 11,905 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).