Hasuda_Station

Hasuda Station

Hasuda Station

Railway station in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan


Hasuda Station (蓮田駅, Hasuda-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hasuda, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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Lines

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

History

The west entrance of Hasuda Station in 1933

Hasuda Station opened on 16 July 1885.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 20,804 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

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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.[7]


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 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  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 (2015年度) [FY2015 station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  7. "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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