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Ugo-Honjō Station

Coordinates: 39°23′11.8″N 140°3′26″E / 39.386611°N 140.05722°E / 39.386611; 140.05722
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Ugo-Honjō Station

羽後本荘駅
Ugo-Honjo-Station, August 2021
General information
Location85-1 Nishi-Bonten, Yurihonjō-shi, Akita-ken 015-0858
Japan
Coordinates39°23′11.8″N 140°3′26″E / 39.386611°N 140.05722°E / 39.386611; 140.05722
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance228.9 kilometers from Niitsu
Platforms2 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Stations with reserved seat ticket vending machines where you can talk)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened30 June 1922
Passengers
FY2021 (JR East); FY2018 (Yuri Kōgen)870 (JR East); 277 (Yuri Kōgen)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Nikaho
towards Niigata
Inaho Akita
Terminus
Nishime
towards Niitsu
Uetsu Main Line Ugo-Iwaya
towards Akita
Preceding station Yuri Kōgen Railway Following station
Terminus Chōkai Sanroku Line Yakushidō
towards Yashima
Location
Ugo-Honjō Station is located in Honjo, Akita
Ugo-Honjō Station
Ugo-Honjō Station
Location within Honjo, Akita
Ugo-Honjō Station is located in Akita Prefecture
Ugo-Honjō Station
Ugo-Honjō Station
Ugo-Honjō Station (Akita Prefecture)
Ugo-Honjō Station is located in Japan
Ugo-Honjō Station
Ugo-Honjō Station
Ugo-Honjō Station (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).

Lines

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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.

Station layout

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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

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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

History

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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.

Passenger statistics

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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.

Surrounding area

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  • Honjō city center

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Kouznetsov (4 August 2013). "羽越本線羽後本荘駅". 羽越線資料館.
  3. ^ Kouznetsov
  4. ^ 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.
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