Honjō-Waseda Station (本庄早稲田駅) is passenger Shinkansen railway station located in the city of Honjō, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

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. It is 55.7 kilometers from Ōmiya and 86.0 km from Tokyo.

Station layout

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.

Platforms

History

Honjō-Waseda Station opened on 13 March 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2233 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Bus routes