Operated by JR East | Passengers (FY2008) 19,304 daily Opened 1973 | |
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Location 1 Kosugaya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Sakae, Yokohama, Kanagawa（横浜市栄区小菅ヶ谷一丁目）Japan Similar Kōnandai Station, Ōfuna Station, Yōkōdai Station, Negishi Station, Shin‑Sugita Station | ||
Hongōdai Station (本郷台駅, Hongōdai-eki) is a railway station on the Negishi Line in Sakae-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Lines
Hongōdai Station is served by the Negishi Line, with through services inter-running to and from the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and also the Yokohama Line. It is 18.5 km from the starting point of the Negishi Line at Yokohama Station and 77.6 km from the northern terminus of the Keihin-Tōhoku Line at Ōmiya Station.
Station layout
Hongōdai Station has an island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are connected to the station building by an underpass. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
History
Hongōdai Station opened on 9 April 1973. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.