Takasaki Station

Takasaki Station 高崎駅
Takasaki Station east entrance
General information
Location	222 Yashimachō, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken Japan
Coordinates	36.322°N 139.013°E / 36.322; 139.013
Operated by	JR East JR Freight Jōshin Dentetsu
Line(s)	Jōetsu Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen ■ Takasaki Line ■ Hachikō Line ■ Jōetsu Line ■ Ryōmō Line ■ Agatsuma Line ■ Shin'etsu Main Line ■ Shonan-Shinjuku Line ■ Joshin Dentetsu Joshin Line
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)

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).

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)
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)
• Azalea; For Narita International Airport (Kan-etsu kotsu, Chiba Kotsu)
• Airport Limousine; For Haneda Airport (Nippon Chuo Bus, Airport Transport Service)
• For Nerima Station, Ikebukuro Station, Shinjuku, and Akihabara Station (Nippon Chuo Bus)
• For Nigata Station, Bandai City Bus Center (Nippon Chuo Bus)
• For Fuji-Q Highland, Kawaguchiko Station (Kan-etsu Kotsu, Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus)
• For Toyama Station, Kanazawa Station and Kenroku-en (Nippon Chuo Bus)
• Silk Liner; For Kanayama Station, Nagoya Station, Nara, Kyōto Station, and Osaka City Air Terminal(Namba Station) (Nippon Chuo Bus)

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 32,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Jōshin Dentetsu portion of the station was used by 2280 passengers daily in fiscal 2018.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Takasaki Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Takasaki Station information (JR East)