Ugo-Honjō_Station
Ugo-Honjō Station
Railway station in Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Ugo-Honjō Station (羽後本荘駅, Ugo-Honjō-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city of Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector Yuri Kōgen Railway Ltd. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Ugo-Honjō Station 羽後本荘駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 85-1 Nishi-Bonten, Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken 015-0858 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°23′11.8″N 140°3′26″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 228.9 kilometers from Niitsu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Stations with reserved seat ticket vending machines where you can talk) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 June 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2021 (JR East); FY2018 (Yuri Kōgen) | 870 (JR East); 277 (Yuri Kōgen) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ugo-Honjō Station is served by the Uetsu Main Line, and is located 228.9 kilometres (142.2 mi) from the terminus of the line at Niitsu Station. It is also the terminal station for the Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line and is 23.0 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Yashima Station.
Ugo-Honjō Station has two island platforms serving four tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Talking reserved seat ticket vending machine.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Akita |
| 2 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | for Niigata and Sakata |
| 3 | ■ Uetsu Main Line | trains originating at Ugo-Honjō |
| 4 | ■ Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line | for Yashima |
Ugo-Honjō Station opened on 30 June 1922.[1][2] The Yashima Line was privatized on 1 October 1985, becoming the Yuri Kōgen Railway Chōkai Sanroku Line.[3] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.
In fiscal 2018, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 1088 passengers daily (boarding passengers only),[4] and the Yuri Kōgen Railway portion by 293 passengers.
- Honjō city center
- 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 135. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- Kouznetsov (4 August 2013). "羽越本線羽後本荘駅". 羽越線資料館.
- Kouznetsov
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2018年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2018)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
