Takasaki Station

Takasaki Station (高崎駅, Takasaki-eki) is a major 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
West entrance of Takasaki station
General information
Location	222 Yashimachō, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	36.322°N 139.013°E / 36.322; 139.013
Operated by	JR East JR Freight Jōshin Dentetsu
Lines	JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen JU Takasaki Line JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line   Ueno–Tokyo Line      Hachikō Line      Jōetsu Line      Ryōmō Line      Agatsuma Line      Shin'etsu Main Line      Jōshin Line
Distance	105.0 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms	6 island platforms + 1 bay platform
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 May 1884; 141 years ago (1884-05-01)
Passengers
FY2021	22,940 daily (JR East) 8,757 daily (Shinkansen)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Jōmō-Kōgen towards Niigata Jōetsu Shinkansen Toki Honjō-Waseda towards Tokyo Jōmō-Kōgen towards Gala-Yuzawa Jōetsu Shinkansen Tanigawa Annaka-Haruna towards Jōetsumyōkō Hokuriku Shinkansen Hakutaka Ōmiya towards Tokyo Annaka-Haruna towards Nagano Hokuriku Shinkansen Asama Honjō-Waseda towards Tokyo Shin-Maebashi towards Manza-Kazawaguchi Kusatsu Kumagaya towards Ueno Terminus Akagi Shinmachi towards Ueno or Shinjuku Takasaki Line Rapid Urban Kuragano One-way operation Takasakitonyamachi (through service via Ryōmō Line) towards Maebashi Takasaki Line Local Kuragano towards Tokyo Terminus Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Special Rapid Kuragano towards Odawara Takasakitonyamachi towards Maebashi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Rapid Terminus Hachikō Line Kuragano towards Komagawa Takasakitonyamachi towards Nagaoka Jōetsu Line Terminus Takasakitonyamachi towards Ōmae Agatsuma Line Takasakitonyamachi towards Oyama Ryōmō Line Kita-Takasaki towards Yokokawa Shin'etsu Main Line Takasaki – Yokokawa Preceding station Joshin Electric Railway Following station Minami-Takasaki towards Shimonita Jōshin Line Terminus
Location Takasaki Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Takasaki Station Takasaki Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Shinkansen

• Jōetsu Shinkansen
• Hokuriku Shinkansen

JR East

• JU Takasaki Line
• JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
•   Ueno–Tokyo Line
•      Hachikō Line
•      Jōetsu Line
•      Ryōmō Line
•      Agatsuma Line
•      Shin'etsu Main Line
• SL Gunma Minakami (ja)
• Akagi

Jōshin Dentetsu

•      Jōshin Line

Previous services

• Minakami

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)
2 4	■ 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
5 6	■ 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
7 8	■ 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
13 14	■ Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo

Jōshin Dentetsu

0

■ Jōshin Line

for Shimonita

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 Niigata 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

• List of railway stations in Japan

Notes