Ichikawa-Hommachi Station

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station 市川本町駅
JR Ichikawa-Hommachi Station, January 2006
General information
Location	Kurosawa, Ichikawamisato-cho, Nishiyatsushiro-gun, Yamanashi-ken Japan
Coordinates	35.5604°N 138.5022°E / 35.5604; 138.5022
Operated by	JR Central
Line(s)	Minobu Line
Distance	70.7 kilometers from Fuji
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
History
Opened	October 1, 1930
Passengers
FY2016	239 daily
Location Ichikawa-Hommachi Station Location within Yamanashi Prefecture Ichikawa-Hommachi Station Ichikawa-Hommachi Station (Japan)

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station (市川本町駅, Ichikawa-Hommachi-eki) is a train station on the Minobu Line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) located in the town of Ichikawamisato, Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station is served by the Minobu Line and is located 70.7 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Fuji Station.

Layout

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station has one side platform serving a single track. The station is not attended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Minobu Line
Limited Express Fujikawa: Does not stop at this station
Ichikawa-Daimon		Local		Ashigawa

History

Ichikawa-Hommachi Station was opened on October 1, 1930 as a passenger stop on the Fuji-Minobu Line. It was elevated in status to a full station on October 1, 1938. The line came under control of the Japanese Government Railways on May 1, 1941. The station building was reconstructed in 1950. . The JGR became the JNR (Japan National Railway) after World War II. The station has been unattended since April 1985. Along with the division and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control and operation of the Central Japan Railway Company.

Surrounding area

• Ichikawa Elementary School
• former Ichikawa-Daimon Town Hall

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• (in Japanese) Minobu Line station information Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine