Minami-Yono Station

Minami-Yono Station (南与野駅, Minami-Yono-eki) is a railway station on the Saikyō Line 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
Entrance of Minami-Yono Station, February 2015
Location2-547 Suzuya, Chūō-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県さいたま市中央区鈴谷2丁目548）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■Saikyō Line
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1985
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)16,349 daily

Lines

Minami-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
Station concourse and ticket barriers, April 2009

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
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

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Saikyō Line JA23
Commuter rapid: Does not stop at this station
Naka-Urawa JA22   Rapid   Yonohommachi JA24
Naka-Urawa JA22   Local   Yonohommachi JA24

History

The station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 16,349 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200014,297[4]
200514,960[5]
201015,565[6]
201115,612[7]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 各駅情報（南与野駅） [Station Information: Minami-Yono Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

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