Operated by JR East Address Japan Platforms in use 3 | Opened 28 July 1883 Tracks 3 | |
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Location 1 Honchō, Kōnosu-shi, Saitama-ken 365-0038(埼玉県鴻巣市本町一丁目1-1 )Japan Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=668 Passengers 19,709 per day (FY2014) Similar | ||
Kōnosu Station (鴻巣駅, Kōnosu-eki) is a railway station on the Takasaki Line in Kōnosu, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Kōnosu 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 20.0 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.
Station layout
The station has a side platform and an island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
History
The station opened on 28 July 1883. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 19,709 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.