Hōfu Station

Summary

Hōfu Station is a railway station^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #179 of 18,574).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hōfu Station is located in Hōfu-shi^[3].
• Hōfu Station is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Hōfu Station's instance of is recorded as railway station^[5].
• Hōfu Station's instance of is recorded as elevated station^[6].
• Hōfu Station's instance of is recorded as Q121844395^[7].
• Hōfu Station's connecting line is recorded as San’yō Main Line^[8].
• Hōfu Station's founder is recorded as San'yō Railway^[9].
• Hōfu Station is owned by West Japan Railway Company^[10].
• Hōfu Station is operated by West Japan Railway Company^[11].
• Hōfu-shi is named after Hōfu Station^[12].
• Hōfu Station's adjacent station is recorded as Tonomi Station^[13].
• Hōfu Station's adjacent station is recorded as Daidō Station^[14].
• Hōfu Station's station code is recorded as ミタ^[15].
• Hōfu Station's station code is recorded as ホフ^[16].
• Hōfu Station's Commons category is recorded as Hōfu Station^[17].
• Hōfu Station's located in time zone is recorded as Japan Standard Time^[18].
• March 17, 1898 marks the founding of Hōfu Station^[19].
• Hōfu Station's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.053436111111, 'lon': 131.56896944444}^[20].
• Hōfu Station's official website is recorded as https://www.jr-odekake.net/eki/top?id=0800643^[21].
• Hōfu Station's number of platform tracks is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[22].
• Hōfu Station's daily patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+3463'}^[23].
• Hōfu Station's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '防府駅'}^[24].
• Hōfu Station's date of official opening is recorded as March 17, 1898^[25].
• Hōfu Station's number of platform faces is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}^[26].
• Hōfu Station's state of use is recorded as in use^[27].

Body

Geography

Hōfu Station is in the country of Japan^[4]. It is located in Hōfu-shi^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include railway station^[5], elevated station^[6], and Q121844395^[7].

History and Context

March 17, 1898 marks the founding of Hōfu Station^[19]. It is owned by West Japan Railway Company^[10]. Hōfu-shi is named after it^[12].

Why It Matters

Hōfu Station ranks in the top 0.96% of railway_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month, #179 of 18,574).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]