Honjō-Waseda Station

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).

Honjō-Waseda Station 本庄早稲田駅
Honjō-Waseda Station north side, November 2006
Location	Wasedanomori, Honjō, Saitama Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Joetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen
History
Opened	2004
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	2,152 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Takasaki toward Niigata Jōetsu Shinkansen Toki (limited service) Kumagaya (limited service) toward Tokyo Takasaki toward Gala-Yuzawa Jōetsu Shinkansen Tanigawa Kumagaya toward Tokyo Takasaki toward Nagano Hokuriku Shinkansen Asama
Location
Honjō-Waseda Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Honjō-Waseda Station Honjō-Waseda Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

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

• List of railway stations in Japan

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. 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.

External links

• JR East Station Information (in Japanese)
• Honjō-Waseda Station (Saitama Prefectural Government) (in Japanese)