Honjō-Waseda Station
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Honjō-Waseda Station north side, November 2006
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Location | Wasedanomori, Honjō, Saitama (埼玉県本庄市早稲田の杜) Japan |
Operated by | JR East |
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Opened | 2004 |
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Passengers (FY2013) | 2,152 daily |
Honjō-Waseda Station (本庄早稲田駅 Honjō-Waseda-eki?) is railway station on the Joetsu Shinkansen line in Honjō, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Honjō-Waseda Station is located on the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed line between Tokyo and Niigata in Niigata Prefecture, and is also served by Hokuriku Shinkansen trains between Tokyo and Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture.
The elevated station has two side platforms serving two tracks for stopping trains, with two centre tracks for non-stop trains. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Honjō-Waseda Station opened on 13 March 2004.
In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 2,152 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Coordinates: 36°13′08″N 139°10′47″E / 36.218873°N 139.179703°E