Shinmachi Station (Gunma)

Shinmachi Station
新町駅

Shinmachi Station in March 2006
Location 2150 Shinmachi, Takasaki, Gunma
(群馬県高崎市新町2150)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Takasaki Line
History
Opened 1883
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 3,716 daily

Shinmachi Station (新町駅 Shinmachi-eki) is a railway station on the Takasaki Line in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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.

Station layout

Shinmachi Station has 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 counter.

Platforms

1  Takasaki Line for Kumagaya, Ōmiya, Urawa, and Ueno
 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Kumagaya, Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Odawara
 Ueno-Tokyo Line for Kumagaya, Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, and Ito
2  Not in use
3  Takasaki Line for Takasaki and Maebashi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Takasaki Line
Jimbohara   Local   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.

Surrounding area

External links

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Coordinates: 36°16′24″N 139°06′22″E / 36.2732°N 139.106°E / 36.2732; 139.106

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