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
*JR East
Jōshin Dentetsu
*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- For Nerima Station, Ikebukuro Station, Shinjuku, and Akihabara Station
- For Niigata Station, Bandai City Bus Center
- For Fuji-Q Highland, Kawaguchiko Station
- For Toyama Station, Kanazawa Station and Kenroku-en Silk Liner; For Kanayama Station, Nagoya Station, Nara, Kyōto Station, and Osaka City Air Terminal