Miyahara Station

Miyahara Station
宮原駅

Miyahara Station east entrance
Location 3-518 Miyahara-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken
(さいたま市北区宮原町三丁目518 )
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Takasaki Line
Platforms 2 island platforms
History
Opened 1948
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 22,983

Miyahara Station (宮原駅 Miyahara-eki) is a railway station of Takasaki Line, East Japan Railway Company in Miyahara-chō 3-chōme, in Kita-ku, the city of Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Miyahara Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tokaido Line. It is 4.0 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.

Layout

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, connected by a footbridge, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1, 2  Takasaki Line for Ōmiya, Urawa, and Ueno
Ueno-Tokyo Line (Tokaido Line, Ito Line through service) for Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, and Ito
 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Hiratsuka
3, 4  Takasaki Line for Kumagaya, Kagohara, Takasaki, and Maebashi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Takasaki Line/Ueno-Tokyo Line
Ōmiya   Local   Ageo
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Ōmiya   Rapid   Ageo

Statistics

The daily average usage for 2014 was 22,985 people[1]

History

Miyahara Station was opened on 15 July 1948. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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Coordinates: 35°56′25″N 139°36′35″E / 35.9402°N 139.6096°E / 35.9402; 139.6096

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