Honjo Train Tickets

Inbound high-speed trains reach Honjo at Honjo-Waseda Station on the JR East Joetsu Shinkansen. Trains from Tokyo arrive in around 50 minutes, and services from Ueno reach Honjo-Waseda in roughly 45 minutes. From Omiya, Shinkansen services arrive in about 25 minutes, while trains from Takasaki take around 12 minutes. Northbound arrivals from Echigo-Yuzawa reach Honjo-Waseda in about 45 minutes, and services from Niigata typically take around 1h20m to 1h35m. Conventional JR East Takasaki Line trains arrive at Honjo Station from the Tokyo area and from Takasaki, serving regional trips separately from the Shinkansen station.

Honjo sits in northern Saitama Prefecture on JR East rail corridors linking the Tokyo area with Takasaki and Niigata Prefecture. The city has two main passenger stations: Honjo Station on the conventional Takasaki Line and Honjo-Waseda Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen. This gives Honjo both regional access across Saitama and Gunma and high-speed rail access on the Tokyo - Niigata axis. Trains from Honjo include JR East Takasaki Line services using Honjo Station and Joetsu Shinkansen services calling at Honjo-Waseda Station. The conventional line is used for local and rapid services toward the Tokyo area and Takasaki, while the Shinkansen station handles reserved-seat long-distance services on selected Toki and Tanigawa trains. Honjo has no direct airport rail link, so airport trips require a transfer through larger Tokyo-area stations. Rail routes from Honjo run southeast toward Omiya, Ueno, Tokyo, and Yokohama-area connections, northwest toward Takasaki and Maebashi-area transfers, and north on the Shinkansen corridor toward Echigo-Yuzawa and Niigata. Book trains from and to Honjo online at Rail Monsters.