Honnō Station
Honnō Station (本納駅, Honnō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mobara, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Honnō Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and lies 27.7 km (17.2 mi) from the starting point of the line at Chiba Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a side platform and an island platform, serving three tracks, connected to a one-story wooden station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed
Platform
| 1 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Mobara, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, and Awa-Kamogawa |
| 2 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Mobara, Kazusa-Ichinomiya, Katsuura, and Awa-Kamogawa for Ōami, Soga, and Chiba |
| 3 | ■ Sotobō Line | for Ōami, Soga, and Chiba |
History
Honnō Station opened on 17 April 1897, as a station on the Bōsō Railway. It was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on September 1, 1907. Freight operations at the station were discontinued from 1 July 1971. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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 1,605 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
National Route 128- Chosei Municipal Hospital
See also
References
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. 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. 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
Media related to Honnō Station at Wikimedia Commons
