Honjō Station (Fukui)

Honjō Station 本荘駅
Honjō Station
Location	15 Nakaban, Awara, Fukui （福井県あわら市中番15） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Mikuni Awara Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1928

Honjō Station (本荘駅, Honjō-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Awara, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Honjō Station. There are two tracks serving a single island platform, and the wooden station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

The station is surrounded by residences; further away lie fields spotted by grain elevators. Fukui Prefectural Route 101 lies to the north.
Other points of interest include:
- Awara City Honjō Elementary School
- Nakaban Community Center

History

December 30, 1928: Station opens.
September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
August 10, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

Adjacent stations

Stations of the Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line

Fukui Shin-Fukui Fukuiguchi Matsumoto Machiya Nishi-Betsuin Tawaramachi Fukudaimae-Nishi-Fukui Nikkakagaku-Mae Yatsushima Nittazuka Nakatsuno Jin'ai Ground-Mae Washizuka-Haribara Tarōmaru Nishi-Harue Nishi-Nagata Shimo-Hyōgo Ōzeki Honjō Banden Awara-Yunomachi Mizui Mikuni-Jinja Mikuni Mikuni-Minato

Coordinates: 36°12′18″N 136°12′11″E / 36.205034°N 136.20298°E / 36.205034; 136.20298

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