Hozumi Station

Hozumi Station (穂積駅, Hozumi-eki) is a train station in the city of Mizuho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company.

CA76
Hozumi Station

穂積駅
Hozumi Station north exit, August 2007
Location370 Beppu, Mizuho-shi, Gifu-ken 501-0222
Japan
Coordinates35.3961°N 136.6933°E / 35.3961; 136.6933
Operated by
Line(s) Tōkaidō Main Line
Distance402.3 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Websiterailway.jr-central.co.jp/station-guide/tokai/hozumi/index.html
History
OpenedAugust 1, 1906
Traffic
Passengers (2016)8,227 daily
Location
Hozumi Station
Location within Gifu Prefecture
Hozumi Station
Hozumi Station (Japan)

Lines

Hozumi Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 402.3 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo.

Station layout

Hozumi Station has one elevated island platform with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Tōkaidō Main Line For Ōgaki and Maibara
2 ■ Tōkaidō Main Line For Gifu, Nagoya, and Okazaki

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station
Nishi-Gifu   Special Rapid   Ōgaki
Nishi-Gifu   New Rapid   Ōgaki
Nishi-Gifu   Rapid   Ōgaki
Nishi-Gifu   Sectional Rapid   Ōgaki
Nishi-Gifu   Local   Ōgaki

History

Hozumi Station opened on August 1, 1906. The station was absorbed into the JR Tōkai network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 8227 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
gollark: We should ABOLISH (unwanted) DEATH.
gollark: Death is actually quite bad. When you die, people are unhappy about it. When you die, you can no longer do interesting things.
gollark: BEE YOU, death is very uncool.
gollark: Why? Prioritising altruists increases total altruism.
gollark: For example, the recent invention of apioforms.

See also
  • List of Railway Stations in Japan

References
  1. 岐阜県統計書（平成２８年） [Gifu Prefecture Statistics (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Gifu Prefecture. 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.