Honjō Station (Fukuoka)

Honjō Station 本城駅
Honjō Station
Location	25-14 Rikimaru-machi, Yahatanishi, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka （福岡県北九州市八幡西区力丸町25-14） Japan
Operated by	JR Kyūshū
Line(s)	Chikuhō Main Line
Connections
History
Opened	2003
Traffic

Passengers (2006)	1,165 daily

Honjō Station (本城駅, Honjō-eki) is a railway station on the Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) Chikuhō Main Line (also known as the Wakamatsu Line) in Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Station layout

1	■ Chikuhō Main Line	for Futajima and Wakamatsu
2	■ Chikuhō Main Line	for Orio, Nakama, and Nōgata

History

The station opened in 2003.

Adjacent stations

←	Service
JR Kyūshū
Chikuhō Main Line
Futajima	Local	Orio

Surrounding area

The station is surrounded by city-owned danchi apartment blocks. National Route 199 lies immediately northwest of the station. Other points of interest include:

Honjō Athletic Stadium - 2 km northeast
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan - 1 km northwest
Kitakyushu Science and Research Park - 3 km north

The nearest bus stops for Kitakyushu City Buses are each approximately 500 meters from the north exit.

Rikimaru-machi (力丸町), located northeast of the station
Ōura-Itchōme (大浦1丁目), located southwest of the station

There is also a taxi stand outside the station's north exit.

External links

Honjō Station (Japanese)

Coordinates: 33°52′30″N 130°43′22″E / 33.875135°N 130.722899°E / 33.875135; 130.722899

Stations of the Chikuhō Main Line

Wakamatsu Line	Wakamatsu Fujinoki Okudōkai Futajima Honjō Orio

Fukuhoku Yutaka Line	Orio Higashi-Mizumaki Nakama Chikuzen-Habu Kurate Chikuzen-Ueki Shinnyū Nōgata Katsuno Kotake Namazuta Urata Shin-Iizuka Iizuka Tentō Keisen

Haruda Line	Keisen Kami-Honami Chikuzen-Uchino Chikuzen-Yamae Haruda

Mass transit in Fukuoka–Kitakyushu area

Fukuoka City Subway lines	Hakozaki Kūkō (Airport) Nanakuma

JR Kyushu lines	Chikuhi Chikuhō Main Fukuhoku Yutaka Haruda Wakamatsu Gotōji Hitahikosan Kagoshima Main Karatsu Kashii Nippō Sasaguri

Nishitetsu Rail lines	Amagi Dazaifu Kaizuka Tenjin Ōmuta

Other Railways and cablecars	Kitakyushu Monorail Amatetsu Amagi Line Chikutetsu Heichiku Ita Line Itoda Line Tagawa Line Mojikō Retro Kankō Line Sarakurayama Cable Car

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Miscellaneous	Cards Hayakaken nimoca SUGOCA Rail transport in Japan Transport in Fukuoka-Kitakyushu

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