Hōden Station
# Hōden Station

Hōden Station (宝殿駅, Hōden-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takasago, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Hōden Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and is located 42.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and 75.5 kilometers from Osaka.

## Station layout

The station consists of a ground-level side platform and an island platform connected by an elevated station building; however one side of the island platform is not in use effectively giving the station two opposed side platforms. The station is staffed.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ San'yō Main Line | for Himeji |
| - | - | - |
| 3 | ■ San'yō Main Line | for Sannomiya and Osaka |

## History

Hōden Station opened on 14 May 1900. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Hōden being assigned station number JR-A80.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9722 passengers daily

## Surrounding area

* Ishi no Hōden National Historic Site
* Takasago City Sports Park
* Kakogawa Sports Park
* Hyogo Prefectural Toban Technical High School
* Takasago City Hoden Junior High School
