Timetable information
Weekday departures: 505/day · Sat & holiday departures: 240/day
First / last departure (weekday): 4:47 / 24:53 (00:53 next day)
Busiest hour: 9:00–10:00 (34)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 3 May 2026 to 4 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.
Location
History
Hongōdai Station serves the Negishi Line in Sakae-ku, Yokohama, and is located 18.5 km from the Yokohama-end terminus of the line. It opened on 9 April 1973 when the Negishi Line was extended from Yōkōdai to Ōfuna, on land formerly occupied by the Imperial Japanese Navy's First Fuel Depot and later requisitioned by Allied occupation forces. The planned working name was "Shin-Ōfuna," but the present name was chosen to reflect the historic Hongō district. Operation passed from Japanese National Railways to JR East at privatisation on 1 April 1987. The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed on 28 October 2021.
Notes
The site was once a hillside containing more than 100 ancient tunnel tombs of the Nanaishiyama group, most of which were lost when the slope was cut down during construction in 1967.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mister0124 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18