Minami-Yono Station (南与野駅, Minami-Yono-eki) is a passenger railway station on the Saikyō Line located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
JA23 Minami-Yono Station 南与野駅 | |||||||||||
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 Entrance of Minami-Yono Station, February 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2-547 Suzuya, Chūō-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 338-0013 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°52′2.73″N 139°37′52.29″E / 35.8674250°N 139.6311917°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■Saikyō Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 19.0 km from Ikebukuro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | JA23 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 September 1985 | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 18,917 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editMinami-Yono Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 19.0 km from Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is "tokiwa green".[2]
Station layout
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The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. Additional passing tracks lie on either side of the station for non-stop rapid services. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2]
The station used to have a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office, but this closed on 31 October 2007.
Platforms
edit| 1 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Akabane, Shinjuku and Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba |
| 2 | JA Saikyō Line | for Ōmiya and Kawagoe |
History
editThe station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,917 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 14,297[4] |
| 2005 | 14,960[5] |
| 2010 | 15,565[6] |
| 2015 | 17,046[7] |
Surrounding area
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 各駅情報（南与野駅） [Station Information: Minami-Yono Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１２巻 東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan – Chubu Line – Lines/Stations/Track plans – Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. pp. 15–53. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
- ^ 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) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
External links
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Media related to Minami-Yono Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Minami-Yono Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)