is a passenger railway station located in the city of Yoshikawa, Saitama, Japan, operated by the

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). It opened on 17 March 2012.

Lines

Yoshikawaminami Station is located between and on the Musashino Line, approximately from Yoshikawa Station. It is located from Fuchūhommachi Station and from the official starting point of the line at Tsurumi Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform and one side platform serving a total of three tracks. The platforms are long enough to accommodate 8-car trains. The station is staffed.

Platforms

File:JR Yoshikawa-Minami station east 20120318.jpg, East side of the station, March 2012 File:JR Yoshikawa-Minami station ticket gates 20120318.jpg, Ticket gates, March 2012 File:JR Yoshikawa-Minami station platform 20120318a.jpg, View of the platforms, March 2012

History

Construction work started in November 2009. On 27 January 2010, the new name for the station was formally chosen from three proposed names selected from 131 original proposals: Yoshikawa Namazu-no-sato, Yoshikawa-Minami, and Musashi-Yoshikawa. The station opened on 17 March 2012.

Construction cost

The total cost of construction for the new station is estimated to be 7.168 billion yen, with JR East paying 2.808 billion yen, and Yoshikawa City paying 4.36 billion yen.

Passenger statistics

JR East forecast that the station would be used by an average of 23,000 passengers daily within five years of its opening. In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,523 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Minami Chuo Park * Yoshikawa High School

References

External links

Yoshikawaminami Station information
(JR East)

{{Musashino Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 2012 Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Musashino Line Yoshikawa, Saitama