Nisshin Station (Saitama)

Nisshin Station
日進駅
South Entrance after rebuilding, February 2011
Location
Prefecture Saitama
(See other stations in Saitama)
City Saitama
Ward Kita
Neighborhood etc. 2 Nisshin-chō
Postal code331-0823
(in Japanese)埼玉県さいたま市北区日進町2丁目
History
Year opened 1940
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Kawagoe Line
Statistics 12,389 passengers/day (FY2011)
There is a bus stop near this station

Nisshin Station (日進駅 Nisshin-eki) is a railway station on the Kawagoe Line in Kita-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Nisshin Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Ōmiya, and is located 3.7 km from Ōmiya.[2] Most trains continue beyond Ōmiya on the Saikyō Line to Shinjuku and Shin-Kiba. Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime.[3]

Station layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks.[2]

Platforms

1 Kawagoe Line for Sashiōgi and Kawagoe
2 Kawagoe Line for Ōmiya, Ikebukuro, and Shinjuku, Rinkai Line through service to Shin-Kiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Kawagoe Line
Nishi-Ōmiya - Ōmiya

History

The station entrance in April 2006 before rebuilding

The station opened on 22 July 1940.[1] The line was electrified on 30 September 1985, from which date through-running began to and from the Saikyō Line.

From March 2010, rebuilding work started, adding new entrances on both north and south sides of the station, with escalators leading up to a section in front of the gate, bridging over the two train platforms. New elevators were added, as well as new toilets, one inside and one outside, next to the north entrance. The old entrance was closed, and the new station building was completed during 2011.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 12,389 passengers daily.[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 11,647[5]
2005 11,632[6]
2010 12,290[7]
2011 12,389[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 各駅情報(日進駅) [Station Information: Nisshin Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第11巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 25/42. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  3. JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
  4. 4.0 4.1 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

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Coordinates: 35°55′53.4″N 139°36′22.47″E / 35.931500°N 139.6062417°E