History
Kita-Yono Station opened on 30 September 1985 in Chūō-ku, Saitama, as a stop on the Saikyō Line, the parallel commuter route built alongside the Tōhoku Shinkansen viaduct. It is operated by JR East and lies 21.7 kilometres from Ikebukuro on a line that runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama, with through services extending north to Kawagoe and south to Shin-Kiba on the Rinkai Line. The station consists of a single elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the staffed station building below; the Shinkansen tracks pass immediately on the west side. The line's identification colour at this station is blue.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station sits beside Saitama Super Arena, reached in roughly seven minutes via an elevated walkway from the concourse.