Hongōdai Station
JK02 Hongōdai Station 本郷台駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Hongōdai Station | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 1 Kosugaya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 247-0007 Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°22′3″N 139°33′1″E / 35.36750°N 139.55028°E | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | JK Negishi Line | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 18.5 km from Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | JK02 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 9 April 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 18,564 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Hongōdai Station (本郷台駅, Hongōdai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Sakae-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Hongōdai Station is served by the Negishi Line from Yokohama to Ōfuna 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 Ōmiya.
Station layout
[edit]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
[edit]| 1 | JK Negishi Line | for Ōfuna |
| 2 | JK Negishi Line-Keihin-Tohoku Line | for Yokohama, Tokyo, and Ōmiya |
| JH Yokohama Line | for Yokohama, Nagatsuta, Machida, and Hachiōji |
History
[edit]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
[edit]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 | |
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| 2005 | 18,979 | [3] |
| 2010 | 19,167 | [4] |
| 2015 | 18,859 | [5] |
Surrounding area
[edit]- Sakae Ward Office
- Sakae Library
- Yokohama Sakae Mutual Aid Hospital
- Kanagawa Prefectural Hakuyo High School
- Hongodai Ekimae housing complex
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 80. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
External links
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Media related to Hongōdai Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Japanese)