Takasaki Station
Major Junction Railway station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Takasaki Station (高崎駅 Takasaki-eki ) is a major junction railway station located in the city of Takasaki, Gunma , Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Jōshin Dentetsu . It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Lines
Shinkansen
JR East
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 .
JR East
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(Not in use)
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■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for Ōmiya , Ueno , Tokyo , Yokohama , Atami , Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line )
■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
for Ōmiya, Shinjuku , Yokohama, Ōfuna , and Odawara (via JT
■ Jōetsu Line
for Shin-Maebashi , Shibukawa , Minakami , Echigo-Yuzawa , Nagaoka
■ Agatsuma Line
for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi , Manza-Kazawaguchi
■ Ryōmō Line
for Shin-Maebashi, Maebashi , Kiryū , Sano , Oyama Takasaki Line , Shōnan-Shinjuku Line )
■ Shin'etsu Main Line
for Annaka , Yokokawa
■ Limited Express Kusatsu for Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi
■ Limited Express Akagi for Maebashi
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■ Hachikō Line
for Gunma-Fujioka , Yorii , Komagawa
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■ Joetsu Line
for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka
■ Agatsuma Line
for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi
■ Ryōmō Line
for Shin-Maebashi, Maebashi, Kiryū, Sano, Oyama
■ Shin'etsu Main Line
for Annaka, Yokokawa
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■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT JT
■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Odawara (via JT
■ Limited Express Kusatsu
for Ueno
■ Limited Express Akagi
for Ōmiya, Ueno, Shinjuku
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■ Joetsu Shinkansen
for Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka, Niigata
■ Hokuriku Shinkansen
for Nagano , Toyama , Kanazawa
■ Jōetsu Shinkansen , Hokuriku Shinkansen
for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo
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■ Jōetsu Shinkansen , Hokuriku Shinkansen
for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo
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 (JNR) 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 (Nippon Chuo Bus)[ 1] Azalea ; For Narita International Airport (Kan-etsu kotsu, Chiba Kotsu)[ 2] Airport Limousine ; For Haneda Airport (Nippon Chuo Bus, Airport Transport Service )[ 3] For Nerima Station , Ikebukuro Station , Shinjuku , and Akihabara Station (Nippon Chuo Bus)[ 1]
For Niigata Station , Bandai City Bus Center (Nippon Chuo Bus)[ 1]
For Fuji-Q Highland , Kawaguchiko Station (Kan-etsu Kotsu, Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus)[ 4]
For Toyama Station , Kanazawa Station and Kenroku-en (Nippon Chuo Bus)[ 1]
Silk Liner ; For Kanayama Station , Nagoya Station , Nara , Kyōto Station , and Osaka City Air Terminal (Namba Station ) (Nippon Chuo Bus)[ 1]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 32,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[ 5]
See also
Notes
References
External links
Takasaki Station at Wikimedia Commons
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