Honjō-Waseda Station (本庄早稲田駅, Honjō-Waseda-eki) is passenger Shinkansen railway station located in the city of Honjō, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Honjō-Waseda Station 本庄早稲田駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Kitabori, Honjō-shi, Saitama-ken 367-0031 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36.218873°N 139.179703°E / 36.218873; 139.179703 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 86.0 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 13 March 2004; 18 years ago (2004-03-13) | ||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 2233 daily (boarding) | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Honjō-Waseda Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture![]() ![]() Honjō-Waseda Station Honjō-Waseda Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
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. It is 55.7 kilometers from Ōmiya and 86.0 km from Tokyo.
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.
1 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka, and Niigata |
■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Nagano, Toyama, and Kanazawa | |
2 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Omiya and Tokyo |
Honjō-Waseda Station opened on 13 March 2004.[1]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2233 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | Daily average |
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2004 | 1,671[3] |
2005 | 1,924[4] |
2010 | 2,010[5] |
2015 | 2,144[6] |
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