Honda Station

Honda Station
誉田駅
North Exit of Honda Station
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Chiba
Ward Midori
Neighborhood etc. Honda-chō 24
Postal code266 - 0005
(in Japanese)千葉県千葉市緑区誉田町二丁目24
History
Year opened 1896
Former name Noda Station
Present name since 1914
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Sotobō Line
Tōgane Line
Statistics 6,912 passengers/day (2009)
There is a bus stop near this station

Honda Station (誉田駅 Honda-eki) is a railway station operated by JR East's Sotobō Line located in Midori-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is 12.6 kilometers from the terminus of the Sotobō Line at Chiba Station.

History

Honda Station was opened on January 20, 1896 as Noda Station (野田駅 Noda-eki) on the Bōsō Railway. On September 1, 1907, the Bōsō Railway was nationalized and became part of the Japanese Government Railways, which was transformed into the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was renamed to its present name on December 1, 1914. Freight operations were discontinued on October 1, 1962. The station became part of the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2006.

Lines

Station layout

Honda Station has a single side platform for use by the Sotobō Line, and a single island platform which is shared by the Sotobō Line, and by trains of the Tōgane Line. The station building is elevated and is built over the tracks and platforms.

Platform

1 ■Sotobō Line Ōami, Mobara, Katsuura, Awa-Kamogawa
2 ■Tōgane Line For Tōgane, Narita
3 ■Sotobō Line For Soga, Chiba, Tokyo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sotobō Line
Limited Express: no stop
Kamatori Rapid Toke
Kamatori Local Toke
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Coordinates: 35°32′50″N 140°12′51″E / 35.5471°N 140.2142°E