Hōshakuji Station
宝積寺駅 |
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Hōshakuji Station west entrance in 2008
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Location | Hōshakuji, Takanezawa-machi, Shioya-gun, Tochigi-ken 329-1233 Japan |
Operated by | JR East |
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Distance | 121.2 km from Tokyo |
Platforms | 1 side platform + 1 island platform |
Tracks | 3 |
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Website | www |
History | |
Opened | 21 October 1899 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (FY2015) | 2,203 |
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Hōshakuji Station (宝積寺駅 Hōshakuji-eki?) is a railway station in , Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates.
Hōshakuji Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and is 121.2 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo. Its is also a terminal station for the Karasuyama Line, a 20.4 km branch line to Karasuyama.
The station has an elevated station building, with one side platform and one island platform underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Hōshakuji Station opened on 21 October 1899. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,203 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Coordinates: 36°37′53.36″N 139°58′46.27″E / 36.6314889°N 139.9795194°E