Yamakita Station (山北駅) is in Yamakita, Kanagawa Prefecture. Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) runs it on the Gotemba Line (御殿場線). It opened on 1 February 1889.
History
The station opened on 1 February 1889 as a government railway station, when the line between Kōzu and Shizuoka opened. It handled passengers and freight. On 5 February 1901 the line between Kōzu and this station was doubled, making the station a point where single and double track switch. On 11 June 1901 the line between this station and Koyama, now Surugakoyama, was doubled. On 12 October 1909 the track names were set, and the line through here was named the Tōkaidō Main Line.
On 1 December 1934 the Atami to Numazu section opened. At the same time the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kōzu, this station and Numazu was renamed the Gotemba Line. Yamakita Locomotive Depot closed on 15 May 1943. The Gotemba Line was made single track on 11 July 1943. The Kōzu to Gotemba section was electrified on 27 April 1968, and the station yard was electrified with it.
Wagon-load freight handling ended on 31 March 1979. Parcel handling ended on 1 February 1984. On 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR Central. On 16 March 1991 the express Asagiri was abolished, and the station lost its stops for express trains.
The date is not known, but a private line of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (formerly Mitsubishi Edogawa Chemical) connected near a factory beside the station. Tank wagons owned by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, including ones for hydrogen peroxide solution, had this station as their home station. On 14 March 1998 staffing hours were changed, and the station became unstaffed at night. On 17 March 2012 the station changed from a staffed station to an unstaffed one. On 26 May 2012 the town of Yamakita entrusted ticket sales to an NPO called 情緒豊かな町づくり.
On 2 March 2019 TOICA became usable at the station.
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