Honjō Station (Saitama)

Honjō Station 本庄駅
The north entrance of Honjō Station
Location	3-6-19 Ginza, Honjō-shi, Saitama-ken (埼玉県本庄市銀座三丁目6-19) Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Takasaki Line
Tracks	3
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1408
History
Opened	21 October 1883
Traffic

Passengers (FY2014)	10,051 (daily)
Location
Honjō Station Location within Japan

Honjō Station (本庄駅, Honjō-eki) is a railway station on the Takasaki Line in the city of Honjō, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Layout

The station has one side platform and one 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.

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
1, 2	■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Hiratsuka
2, 3	■ Takasaki Line	for Kumagaya, Kagohara, Takasaki, and Maebashi

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Takasaki Line/Ueno-Tokyo Line
Okabe	Urban Rapid	Jimbohara
Okabe	Local	Jimbohara
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Okabe	Special Rapid	Jimbohara
Okabe	Rapid	Jimbohara

History

Honjō Station was opened on 21 October 1883. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 10,051 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

Honjō City Hall
Honjō Post Office

References

↑ 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.

External links

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JR East station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Takasaki Line

(Tohoku Main Line(Utsunomiya Line) Ueno>>) Ōmiya Miyahara Ageo Kita-Ageo Okegawa Kitamoto Kōnosu Kita-Kōnosu Fukiage Gyōda Kumagaya Kagohara Fukaya Okabe Honjō Jimbohara Shinmachi Kuragano Takasaki

Stations of the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line

Takasaki Line - Tōkaidō Main Line	(Maebashi Shin-Maebashi Ino Takasakitonyamachi) Takasaki Kuragano Shimmachi Jimbohara Honjō Okabe Fukaya Kagohara Kumagaya Gyōda Fukiage Kita-Kōnosu Kōnosu Kitamoto Okegawa Kita-Ageo Ageo Miyahara Ōmiya Urawa Akabane Ikebukuro Shinjuku Shibuya Ebisu Ōsaki Musashi-Kosugi Yokohama Totsuka Ōfuna Fujisawa Tsujidō Chigasaki Hiratsuka Ōiso Ninomiya Kōzu Kamonomiya Odawara

Utsunomiya Line - Yokosuka Line	Utsunomiya Suzumenomiya Ishibashi Jichi-idai Koganei Oyama Mamada Nogi Koga Kurihashi Higashi-Washinomiya Kuki Shin-Shiraoka Shiraoka Hasuda Higashi-Ōmiya Toro Ōmiya Urawa Akabane Ikebukuro Shinjuku Shibuya Ebisu Ōsaki Nishi-Ōi Musashi-Kosugi Shin-Kawasaki Yokohama Hodogaya Higashi-Totsuka Totsuka Ōfuna Kita-Kamakura Kamakura Zushi

Coordinates: 36°14′11″N 139°11′18″E / 36.2364°N 139.1884°E / 36.2364; 139.1884

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