Hasuda Station

Hasuda Station (蓮田駅, Hasuda-eki) is a railway station on the Tohoku Main Line in Hasuda, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Hasuda Station

蓮田駅
East side of the station, June 2005
LocationHonchō, Hasuda, Saitama
（埼玉県蓮田市本町）
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
Platforms1 side, 1 island
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened1885
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)20,834 daily

Lines

Hasuda Station is served by the Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 39.2 kilometers from the starting point of the Tohoku Main Line at Tokyo.

Station layout

This 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
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)

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Utsunomiya Line
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Ōmiya
OMYJU07
   Rapid Rabbit   Kuki
Higashi-Ōmiya   Local & Rapid Acty   Shiraoka
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
Ōmiya
OMYJS24
   Rapid   Kuki
Higashi-Ōmiya   Local   Shiraoka

History
The west entrance of Hasuda Station in 1933

Hasuda Station opened on 16 July 1885.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2012, the station was used by an average of 21,132 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200022,764[3]
200521,576[4]
201021,164[5]
201120,921[6]
201420,834[7]

Surrounding area
West side forecourt monument, April 2013

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.[8]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [FY2012 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [FY2011 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [FY2014 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. "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.

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