Minami-Yono Station (南与野駅) is a passenger railway station on the Saikyō Line located in Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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".

Station layout

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.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 30 September 1985.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,917 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area