Ino Station (Gunma)

Ino Station (井野駅, Ino-eki) is a railway station in the city of Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Ino Station 井野駅
Ino Station building, December 2006
General information
Location	Inomachi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken 370-0004 Japan
Coordinates	36°21′26″N 139°01′23″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ryōmō Line      Jōetsu Line      Agatsuma Line
Distance	4.0 km (2.5 mi) from Takasaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 December 1957; 67 years ago (1957-12-20)
Passengers
FY2022	1,946 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Takasakitonyamachi towards Takasaki Jōetsu Line Shin-Maebashi towards Nagaoka Agatsuma Line Shin-Maebashi towards Ōmae Ryōmō Line Shin-Maebashi towards Oyama Takasakitonyamachi towards Tokyo Takasaki Line Local Ryōmō Line through-service Shin-Maebashi towards Maebashi Takasakitonyamachi towards Odawara Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Rapid
Location Ino Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Ino Station Ino Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Ino Station is served by the Joetsu Line, and is 4.0 km (2.5 mi) from the starting point of the line at Takasaki, and 161.6 km (100.4 mi) from Nagaoka Station. The preceding station of Takasakitonyamachi is 1.2 km (0.75 mi) away and the following station of Shin-Maebashi is 3.3 km (2.1 mi) away. It is also served by through services to and from the Agatsuma Line and the Ryōmō Line.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. Ino Station has a Braille fare table, and no other accessibility features.^[1]

Platforms

Source:^[2]

1	■ Jōetsu Line	for Shibukawa, Minakami, and Nagaoka
	■ Agatsuma Line	for Nakanojō and Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi
	■ Ryōmō Line	for Maebashi, Kiryū and Oyama
2	■ Jōetsu Line	for Takasaki
	JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line	for Takasaki, Shinjuku and Yokohama
	JU Takasaki Line via (Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Takasaki, Tokyo and Yokohama

• 
  Ticket Gate July 2021
• 
  Platform July 2021

History

The site of the station was first used as a signal station from 11 October 1944 until 20 December 1957 when the station was opened.^[3] Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

The station started accepting Suica cards on 18 November 2001. The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office was closed on 30 November 2021.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2022, the station was used by an average of 1,946 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[5]

Below is table containing the passenger statistics since the year 2000:

Passenger statistics
Year	Average Daily Boarding Passengers	Year	Average Daily Boarding Passengers	Year	Average Daily Boarding Passengers
2000	3,134[6]	2010	2,042[7]	2020	1,649[8]
2001	2,955[9]	2011	2,036[10]	2021	1,809[11]
2002	2,888[12]	2012	2,024[13]	2022	1,946[5]
2003	2,789[14]	2013	2,118[15]
2004	2,809[16]	2014	2,059[17]
2005	2,529[18]	2015	2,090[19]
2006	2,422[20]	2016	2,102[21]
2007	2,265[22]	2017	2,129[23]
2008	2,230[24]	2018	2,181[25]
2009	2,123[26]	2019	2,155[27]

Surrounding area

• National Route 17
• Takasaki Ino Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan