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Hōshakuji Station

Hōshakuji Station
宝積寺駅
Hoshakuji sta west.jpg
Hōshakuji Station west entrance in 2008
Location Hōshakuji, Takanezawa-machi, Shioya-gun, Tochigi-ken 329-1233
Japan
Operated by JR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)
Distance 121.2 km from Tokyo
Platforms 1 side platform + 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Website www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1398
History
Opened 21 October 1899
Traffic
Passengers (FY2015) 2,203
Location
Hōshakuji Station is located in Japan
Hōshakuji Station
Hōshakuji Station
Location within Japan

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 / 36.6314889; 139.9795194


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