Takasaki Station
Takasaki Station (高崎駅, Takasaki-eki) is a 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).
Takasaki Station 高崎駅 | |
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 Takasaki Station east entrance | |
| Location | 222 Yashimachō, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken Japan |
| Coordinates | 36.322°N 139.013°E |
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| Distance | 105.0 kilometers from Tokyo |
| Platforms | 6 island + 1 bay platforms |
| Connections | Bus terminal |
| Other information | |
| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 May 1884 |
| Passengers | |
| FY2019 | 32,160 daily (JR East) |
| Services | |
| Location | |
  Takasaki Station Location within Gunma Prefecture  Takasaki Station Takasaki Station (Japan) | |
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Lines
Takasaki Station is served by the Jōetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines and is 74.7 km from Ōmiya and 105.0 kilometers from Tokyo. It is also served by the Hachikō Line and the Takasaki Line with through services to and from the Agatsuma Line and Ryōmō Lines. The Jōetsu Line and Shin'etsu Main Line both terminate at Takasaki Station. The Jōshin Dentetsu Jōshin Line also terminates at Takasaki Station and is 33.7 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Shimonita.
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
| 1 | ■ | (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 Tokaido Line) | |
| ■ 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 (Through trains from the Takasaki Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line) | |
| ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Annaka, Yokokawa | |
| ■ Limited Express Kusatsu | for Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi | |
| ■ Limited Express Akagi Swallow Akagi |
for Maebashi | |
| 3 | ■ 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 Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line) (Through trains from the Ryōmō Line) |
| ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Odawara (via JT Tokaido Line) (Through trains from the Ryōmō Line) | |
| ■ Limited Express Kusatsu | for Ueno | |
| ■ Limited Express Akagi Swallow Akagi |
for Ōmiya, Ueno, Shinjuku | |
| 11 12 |
■ 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 |
Notes
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 Nigata 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
References
- "日本中央バス 毎日運行！！高速バス". www.ncbbus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- "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.
- "Maebashi,Takasaki - Haneda Airport | Scheduled Bus Services | Airport Limousine Bus". www.limousinebus.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- "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.
- 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)
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