Takasaki Station


Takasaki Station is a major junction railway station located in the city of Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Jōshin Dentetsu. It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Lines

Shinkansen

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JR East

Jōshin Dentetsu

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Previous services

Station layout

The Shinkansen portion of the station has two elevated island platforms, with the station building underneath. The JR East local portion of the station has three ground-level island platforms, with one platform forming a half-bay platform, so that a total of seven tracks can be served, and the Jōshin Dentetsu portion of the station has a single bay platform.

History

The JR East station opened on May 1, 1884, as the then-terminus of the Nippon Railway. The Jōshin Line opened on May 10, 1897. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.
The Jōetsu Shinkansen was extended to Takasaki Station on November 15, 1982.

Bus terminals

Buses serving the station are operated by the following operators.
  • Gunma Bus
  • Gunma Chuo Bus
  • Kan-etsu Kotsu
  • Joshin Railway
  • Nippon Chuo Bus

Highway buses

Sendai Liner; For Sendai Station Azalea; For Narita International Airport Airport Limousine; For Haneda Airport

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 32,160 passengers daily. The Jōshin Dentetsu portion of the station was used by 2280 passengers daily in fiscal 2018.