Takasaki Station

Takasaki Station
高崎駅
Takasaki Station east entrance
Location
Prefecture Gunma
(See other stations in Gunma)
City Takasaki
Neighborhood etc. 222 Yashimachō
(in Japanese)群馬県高崎市八島町222
History
Year opened 1884
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East, Jōshin Dentetsu
Line(s) Joetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen
Takasaki Line, Hachikō Line, Jōetsu Line, Ryōmō Line, Agatsuma Line, Shinetsu Main Line
Joshin Dentetsu Joshin Line
Large bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Takasaki Station (高崎駅 Takasaki-eki) is a railway station located in Yashimachō, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan. This station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight), and Jōshin Dentetsu.

Lines

Station layout

JR East

1   (Not in use)
2
4
Takasaki Line Kumagaya, Ōmiya, Ueno
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
(Through service for the Tōkaidō Line)
Shinjuku, Yokohama, Odawara
Ueno-Tokyo Line
(Through service for the Tōkaidō Line, Ito Line)
Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Ito
Jōetsu Line Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka
Agatsuma Line Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi
Ryōmō Line Shin-Maebashi, Maebashi, Kiryū, Sano, Oyama
(some trains through from the Takasaki Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and Ueno-Tokyo Line)
Shinetsu Main Line Annaka, Yokokawa
Limited express Kusatsu Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi
Limited express Akagi
Swallow Akagi
Maebashi
3 Hachikō Line Gunma-Fujioka, Yorii, Komagawa
5
6
Jōetsu Line Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka
Agatsuma Line Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi
Ryōmō Line Shin-Maebashi, Maebashi, Kiryū, Sano, Oyama
Shin'etsu Main Line Annaka, Yokokawa
7
8
Takasaki Line Kumagaya, Ōmiya, Ueno
(some trains through from the Ryōmō Line)
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
(Through service for the Tōkaidō Line)
Shinjuku, Yokohama, Odawara
(some trains through from the Ryōmō Line)
Ueno-Tokyo Line
(Through service for the Tōkaidō Line, Ito Line)
Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Ito
(some trains through from the Ryōmō Line)
Limited express Kusatsu Ueno
Limited express Akagi
Swallow Akagi
Ueno, Shinjuku
11
12
Jōetsu Shinkansen Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka, Niigata
Hokuriku Shinkansen Karuizawa, Nagano, Toyama, Kanazawa
Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo
13
14
Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo

Jōshin Dentetsu

0 Jōshin Line Shimonita

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Joetsu Shinkansen
Ōmiya   Toki   Echigo-Yuzawa
Honjō-Waseda   Tanigawa   Jōmō-Kōgen
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Kagayaki: no stop
Ōmiya   Hakutaka<ref group-"Note">Not all Hakutaka services stop at Takasaki</ref>   Annaka-Haruna
Honjō-Waseda   Asama   Annaka-Haruna
Takasaki Line
Kuragano Terminus
Hachiko Line
Kuragano Local Terminus
Joetsu Line
Terminus Takasakitonyamachi
Agatsuma Line
Terminus Takasakitonyamachi
Ryomo Line
Terminus Takasakitonyamachi
Shinetsu Main Line
Terminus Kita-Takasaki
Joshin Line
Terminus Minami-Takasaki

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. The Jōetsu Shinkansen was extended to Takasaki Station on November 15, 1982.

    External links

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    Coordinates: 36°19′19″N 139°00′47″E / 36.322°N 139.013°E