Hongōdai Station Explained


Hongōdai Station
Style:JR East
Native Name:本郷台駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:1 Kosugaya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 247-0007
Country:Japan
Coordinates:35.3675°N 139.5503°W
Operator: JR East
Line: Negishi Line
Distance:18.5 km from
Platforms:1 island platform
Code:JK02
Status:Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Opened:9 April 1973
Passengers:18,564 daily
Pass Year:FY2019
Map Type:Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Hongōdai Station

is a passenger railway station located in Sakae-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Hongōdai Station is served by the Negishi Line from to in Kanagawa Prefecture. with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the Yokohama Line. It is 18.5 kilometers from the terminus of the Negishi line at Yokohama, and 77.6 kilometers from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at .

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks. The platform is connected to the station building by an underpass. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Hongōdai Station opened on 9 April 1973.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,564 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year daily average
200518,979 [3]
2010 19,167 [4]
2015 18,859 [5]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編. Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR. JTB . Ishino. Tetsu. 1998 . Japan . II. 80. 4-533-02980-9.
  2. Web site: https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_02.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019). 2020. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 11 August 2020.
  3. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/369528.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成18年度). Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. 26 March 2021.
  4. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/427362.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成23年度). Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Prefecture. 26 March 2021.
  5. Web site: http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/877254.pdf. ja:神奈川県県勢要覧(平成28年度. Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010). Japanese. Japan. Kanagawa Prefecture. 26 March 2021. 1 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170801131207/http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/uploaded/attachment/877254.pdf. dead.