is a passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
located in the city of
Hasuda, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 61,540 in 27,461 households and a population density of 2300 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Located in east-central Saitama Pr ...
, Japan, operated by
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East).
Lines
Hasuda Station is served by the
Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fukush ...
(
Utsunomiya Line
The Utsunomiya Line ( ja, 宇都宮線, ) is the name given to a 163.5 kilometer section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Compan ...
) and the
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 39.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
This station consists of an elevated station building with one ground-level
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
and one ground-level
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
serving a total of three tracks. The station has a ''
Midori no Madoguchi
, which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...
'' staffed ticket office.
Platforms
History
![Hasuda Station west entrance 1933](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Hasuda_Station_west_entrance_1933.jpg)
Hasuda Station opened on 16 July 1885.
With the privatization of
JNR
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
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).
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Surrounding area
A monument was erected on the west side station forecourt, consisting of the driving wheels of former
JNR Class D51
The is a type of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), the Japanese National Railways (JNR), and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company, Kisha Seizo, Hitachi, Nippon Sharyo, Mitsubishi, and Mitsubishi H ...
steam locomotive D51 484 and the wheels of a former
115 series
The is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type developed by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and now operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West), and the Shinano Railway.
Operations
JR East
JR East operated their last 115 series tr ...
electric multiple unit train.
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University of Human Arts and Sciences
The is a private university, private distance learning university with headquarters in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Japan, established in 2000. It has a satellite campus in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The predecessor of the universit ...
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Nihon Pharmaceutical University
is a private university
Private universities and private colleges are institutions of higher education, not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. They may (and often do) receive from governments tax breaks, public st ...
References
External links
Hasuda Station information(JR East)
(Saitama Prefectural Government)
{{Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1885
Tōhoku Main Line
Utsunomiya Line
Hasuda, Saitama