:Ichikawa-Hommachi Station

{{short description|Railway station in Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan}}

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{{Infobox station

| name = Ichikawa-Hommachi Station

| native_name = 市川本町駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = IchikawaHonmachi-Station.jpg

| alt =

| caption = JR Ichikawa-Hommachi Station, January 2006

| other_name =

| style = JR Central

| address = Kurosawa, Ichikawamisato-cho, Nishiyatsushiro-gun, Yamanashi-ken

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord| 35.5604|N|138.5022|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP}}

| operator = 20px JR Central

| line = 16px Minobu Line

| distance = 70.7 kilometers from {{STN|Fuji|x}}

| platforms = 1 side platform

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Unstaffed

| opened = October 1, 1930

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 239 daily

| pass_year = FY2016

| map_type = Japan Yamanashi Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Ichikawa-Hommachi Station

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{{nihongo| 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

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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