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Hongōdai Station

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

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

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

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

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

Passenger statistics

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

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

Fiscal year daily average
2005 18,979
2010 19,167
2015 18,859

Surrounding area

  • Sakae Ward Office
  • Sakae Library
  • Yokohama Sakae Mutual Aid Hospital
  • Kanagawa Prefectural Hakuyo High School
  • Hongodai Ekimae housing complex

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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