Ichikawa-Hommachi Station

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station 市川本町駅
JR Ichikawa-Hommachi Station, January 2006
Location	Kurosawa, Ichikawamisato, Nishiyatsushiro, Yamanashi （山梨県西八代郡市川三郷町黒沢） Japan
Coordinates	35°33′37″N 138°30′08″E / 35.5604°N 138.5022°E / 35.5604; 138.5022
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Minobu Line
History
Opened	1930
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	299 daily

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station (市川本町駅, Ichikawa-Hommachi-eki) is a railway station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Ichikawamisato, Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is located 70.7 rail kilometers from the southern terminus of the Minobu Line at Fuji Station.

History

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station was opened on October 1, 1930 as a passenger stop on the Fuji-Minobu Line. It was elevated in status to a full station on October 1, 1938. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The station building was reconstructed in 1950. Scheduled freight operations were discontinued in 1956. The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. The station has been unattended since April 1985. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Lines

• Central Japan Railway Company
  • Minobu Line

Layout

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic.

Platform

Adjacent stations

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ichikawa-Hommachi Station.

• (in Japanese) Minobu Line station information