Hasuda Station (蓮田駅, Hasuda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hasuda, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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 East side of the station, June 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Honchō, Hasuda-shi, Saitama-ken 348-0111 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°58′52″N 139°39′09″E / 35.9811°N 139.6526°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tōhoku Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 July 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 20,804 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editHasuda Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 39.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo.
Station layout
editThis station consists of an elevated station building with one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform serving a total of three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
| 2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | (for both directions) |
| 3 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line) |
| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
History
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Hasuda Station opened on 16 July 1885.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,804 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 22,764[3] |
| 2005 | 21,576[4] |
| 2010 | 21,164[5] |
| 2015 | 21,031[6] |
Surrounding area
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A monument was erected on the west side station forecourt, consisting of the driving wheels of former JNR Class D51 steam locomotive D51 484 and the wheels of a former 115 series electric multiple unit train.[7]
References
edit- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 97. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Fiscal 2000 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Fiscal 2005 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [FY2010 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [FY2015 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "蓮田駅西口にD51 484・115系の車輪展示" [D51 484 and 115 series wheel monument erected at Hasuda Station west side]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
External links
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- Hasuda Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Hasuda Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government) (in Japanese)