is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

located in the city of

Honjō, Saitama 260px, Honjō Matsuri is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 77,900 in 35,026 households and a population density of 870 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Honjō is ...

, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Honjō Station is served by the

Takasaki Line The Takasaki Line ( ja, 高崎線, ) is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ...

, with through Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

. and is located 31.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Layout

The station has one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

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

JNR The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9853 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Honjō City Hall *Honjō Post Office

References

External links

JR East station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Honjo Station (Saitama) Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1883 Takasaki Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Honjō, Saitama