Honjō-Waseda Station

Honjō-Waseda Station
本庄早稲田駅

Honjō-Waseda Station north side, November 2006
Location Wasedanomori, Honjō, Saitama
(埼玉県本庄市早稲田の杜)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
History
Opened 2004
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 2,152 daily

Honjō-Waseda Station (本庄早稲田駅 Honjō-Waseda-eki) is railway station on the Joetsu Shinkansen line in Honjō, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Honjō-Waseda Station is located on the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed line between Tokyo and Niigata in Niigata Prefecture, and is also served by Hokuriku Shinkansen trains between Tokyo and Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture.

Station layout

The elevated station has two side platforms serving two tracks for stopping trains, with two centre tracks for non-stop trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1  Joetsu Shinkansen for Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka, and Niigata
 Hokuriku Shinkansen for Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa
2  Joetsu Shinkansen for Omiya and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joetsu Shinkansen
Toki: Does not stop at this station
Kumagaya   Tanigawa   Takasaki
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Kagayaki: Does not stop at this station
Hakutaka: Does not stop at this station
Kumagaya   Asama   Takasaki

History

Honjō-Waseda Station opened on 13 March 2004.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 2,152 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2004 1,671[3]
2005 1,924[4]
2010 2,010[5]
2013 2,152[2]

See also

References

  1. 上越新幹線の概要 [Outline of Joetsu Shinkansen] (in Japanese). Japan: Niigata Prefectural Government. 1 January 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2004年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2004)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2014.

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Coordinates: 36°13′08″N 139°10′47″E / 36.218873°N 139.179703°E / 36.218873; 139.179703

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