Yonohommachi Station

Yonohommachi Station (与野本町駅, Yonohonmachi-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]

JA24
Yonohommachi Station

与野本町駅
West entrance of Yonohommachi Station, August 2007
Location2-3-11 Honmachi-Higashi, Chūō-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県さいたま市中央区本町東2丁目3-11）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■Saikyō Line
Platforms1 island platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1985
Passengers
FY201414,497 daily

Lines

Yonohommachi 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 20.6 km from Ikebukuro Station.[2] The station identification colour is "flesh".[2]

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.[2]

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms
View from the south end of the platform, with the Tohoku Shinkansen tracks on the left, May 2013
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 JA24
Commuter Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Minami-Yono JA23   Rapid   Kita-Yono JA25
Minami-Yono JA23   Local   Kita-Yono JA25

History

The station opened on 30 September 1985.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 14,497 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
200013,282[4]
200513,850[5]
201013,791[6]
201113,884[7]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 各駅情報（与野本町駅） [Station Information: Yonohommachi 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 (20114年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  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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