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Minami-Yono Station

Minami-Yono Station
南与野駅
Minami-Yono Station.jpg
Entrance of Minami-Yono Station, February 2015
Location 2-547 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 logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s) Saikyō Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1985
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 16,349 daily

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).

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. The station identification colour is "tokiwa green".

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.

The station used to have a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office, but this closed on 31 October 2007.

The station opened on 30 September 1985.

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

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Coordinates: 35°52′2.73″N 139°37′52.29″E / 35.8674250°N 139.6311917°E / 35.8674250; 139.6311917


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