Shinmachi Station (Gunma)

Shinmachi Station (新町駅, Shinmachi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight depot operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Shinmachi Station

新町駅
Shinmachi Station in March 2006
Location2150 Shinmachi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken 370-1301
Japan
Coordinates36.2732°N 139.106°E / 36.2732; 139.106
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance64.2 km from Ōmiya
Platforms1 island + side platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened27 December 1883.
Passengers
FY20193728 daily
Location
Shinmachi Station
Location within Gunma Prefecture
Shinmachi Station
Shinmachi Station (Japan)

Lines

Shinmachi Station is a station on the Takasaki Line, and is located 64.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōmiya. The station is also used by trains of the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line operating on the same tracks.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, platform 2 is fenced off and not used. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ 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 Tokaido Line)
3 ■ Takasaki Line for Takasaki, and Maebashi

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Takasaki Line
Limited Express Kusatsu: Does not stop at this station
Honjō Limited Express Akagi / Swallow Akagi Takasaki
Jimbohara   Commuter Rapid   Kuragano
Jimbohara   Rapid Urban   Kuragano
Jimbohara   Local   Kuragano
Shonan-Shinjuku Line
Jimbohara   Special Rapid   Kuragano
Jimbohara   Rapid   Kuragano

History

Shinmachi Station opened on 27 December 1883. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 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.

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