Yao Station | |
Native Name: | 八尾駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Type: | JR-West commuter rail station |
Address: | 3-9 Yasunaka-chō, Yao-shi, Osaka-fu 581-0085 |
Country: | Japan |
Owned: | JR West |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) |
Distance: | 163.1km (101.3miles) from 42.2km (26.2miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Train Operators: | JR West |
Code: | JR-Q25 |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Passengers: | 13,165 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Yao Station |
Services Collapsible: | yes |
is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Yao Station is served by the Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line), and is located 163.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Nagoya Station and 42.2 kilometers from .
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Yao station opened on 14 May 1889. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Yao being assigned station number JR-Q25.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,165 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]