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

• Jōetsu Shinkansen
• Hokuriku Shinkansen

JR East

• JU Takasaki Line
• JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
•   Ueno–Tokyo Line
•      Hachikō Line
•      Jōetsu Line
•      Ryōmō Line
•      Agatsuma Line
•      Shin'etsu Main Line
• SL Gunma Minakami
• Akagi

Jōshin Dentetsu

•      Jōshin Line

Previous Services

• Minakami

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

Jōshin Dentetsu

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] The Jōshin Dentetsu portion of the station was used by 2280 passengers daily in fiscal 2018.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

Notes

References

1. "日本中央バス　毎日運行！！高速バス". www.ncbbus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
2. "関越交通株式会社｜アザレア号". 関越交通株式会社. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
3. "Maebashi,Takasaki - Haneda Airport | Scheduled Bus Services | Airport Limousine Bus". www.limousinebus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
4. "富士急ハイランド線（季節運行）". 関越交通株式会社. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Takasaki Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Takasaki Station information (JR East)