Loading AI tools
Railway station in Nagayo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honkawachi Station (本川内駅, Honkawachi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Nagayo, Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu.[1][2]
General information | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | Hongawachigo, Nagayo-cho, Nishisonogi-gun, Nagasaki-ken 851-2122 Japan | ||||||
Coordinates | 32°49′58″N 129°53′59″E | ||||||
Operated by | JR Kyushu | ||||||
Line(s) | JH Nagasaki Main Line | ||||||
Distance | 12.3 km from Kikitsu (starting point of branch) | ||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||
Construction | |||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||
Accessible | Yes - ramps lead to platform | ||||||
Other information | |||||||
Status | Unstaffed | ||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||
History | |||||||
Opened | 1 October 1943 | ||||||
Previous names | Hongawachi Signal Box (until 1 June 1952) | ||||||
Passengers | |||||||
FY2014 | 81 daily | ||||||
|
The station is served by the old line or the Nagayo branch of the Nagasaki Main Line and is located 12.3 km from the branch point at Kikitsu.[3] Only local trains run on this branch.[4]
The station consists of a side platform serving a single track. The station building is a timber structure and is unstaffed, housing only a waiting area, an automatic ticket vending machine and a SUGOCA card reader. A ramp leads from the station building to the platform. In the past, the platform track was on a siding and trains stopping at the station used to have to perform a switchback manoeuvre to enter and leave. This has been discontinued with the new platform built on the main track but the remnants of the switches and tracks used in the switchback can still be seen.[3][2]
Japanese National Railways (JNR) opened the station as Hongawachi Signal Box (本川内信号場, Hongawachi-shingōba) on 1 October 1943 on the existing track of the Nagasaki Main Line. On 1 June 1952, the facility was upgraded to a full passenger station. At the same time, the reading of the station name was changed from Hongawachi to Honkawachi, with no change to the corresponding kanji. On 2 October 1972, a shorter inland bypass route was opened between Kikitsu through Ichinuno to Urakami was opened, which became known as the new line or Ichinuno branch of the Nagasaki Main Line. The section serving Honkawachi which ran from Kikitsu through Nagayo to Urakami became known as the old line or the Nagayo branch. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Kyushu.[5][6]
In fiscal 2014, there were a total of 29,561 boarding passengers, giving a daily average of 81 passengers.[7]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.