Honnō Station

Location
	Honnō Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Honnō Station Honnō Station (Japan)

Honnō Station

本納駅
Honnō Station; 本納駅
	Honnō Station in September 2017
General information
Location	Honnō, Mobara-shi, Chiba-ken 299-4114; Japan
Coordinates	35°28′56″N 140°18′27″E / 35.4822°N 140.3074°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Sotobō Line
Distance	27.7 km from Chiba
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	17 April 1897; 127 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	1,605 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Honnō Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Honnō Station Honnō Station (Japan)

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.^[1] It was absorbed into the Japanese Government Railways on September 1, 1907.^[1] Freight operations at the station were discontinued from 1 July 1971.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1,605 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

National Route 128
Chosei Municipal Hospital

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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

[teishajo1998-1] 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.

[jreast2019stats-2] 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.

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