Yaita Station (矢板駅) is in Yaita, Tochigi Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) run it on the Utsunomiya Line. It opened on 1 October 1886.
History
The station opened on 1 October 1886 when the Nippon Railway section between Utsunomiya and Nishi-Nasuno opened. It was a general station. In 1887 the old cutting was abolished and the Hariu Tunnel opened. On 1 November 1906 the Nippon Railway was nationalised, and the station became a government railway station. On 12 October 1909 it became part of the Tōhoku Main Line.
On 22 October 1929 the Shimotsuke Electric Railway extended its line from Tenchō Station and began through-running with the Tobu Railway at Shimo-Imaichi Station. On 1 May 1943 the Tobu Railway bought the Shimotsuke Electric Railway, and the line became the Tobu Yaita Line. The Tobu Yaita Line closed on 30 June 1959.
On 23 May 1982 Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun visited the prefecture for the national tree-planting festival. A special train ran from Utsunomiya Station to Yaita Station.
Parcel handling ended on 1 February 1984. On 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR East and JR Freight. Container freight handling began on 13 March 1988. Suica became usable on 16 October 2004. Freight train arrivals and departures ended on 18 March 2006.
Truck services began on 18 March 2007. The KIOSK inside the station closed on 31 March 2009 and was removed completely shortly after. A barrier-free overpass with an elevator was installed on 31 March 2010. The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed on 19 February 2016. On 12 March 2022 the timetable was revised, and trains between Kuroiso and Utsunomiya became one-person operated trains of a newer type. Green car service through the station ended. In 2025 the automatic ticket gates were removed and simple Suica gates were installed.
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