Takasaki Station 高崎駅
west entrance of takasakistation
General information
Location	222 Yashimachō,Takasaki City,Gunma Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	36°19′19″N139°00′47″E / 36.322°N 139.013°E /36.322; 139.013
Operated by	JR East JR Freight Jōshin Dentetsu
Line(s)	JR East Hokuriku Shinkansen JUTakasaki Line JSShōnan–Shinjuku Line  Ueno–Tokyo Line      Hachikō Line      Jōetsu Line      Ryōmō Line      Agatsuma Line      Shin'etsu Main Line      Jōshin Line
Distance	105.0 kilometers fromTokyo
Platforms	6island platforms + 1bay platform
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 May 1884; 140 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 towardsNiigata Jōetsu Shinkansen Toki Honjō-Waseda towardsTokyo Jōmō-Kōgen towardsGala-Yuzawa Jōetsu Shinkansen Tanigawa Annaka-Haruna towardsJōetsumyōkō Hokuriku Shinkansen Hakutaka Ōmiya towardsTokyo Annaka-Haruna towardsNagano Hokuriku Shinkansen Asama Honjō-Waseda towardsTokyo Shin-Maebashi towardsManza-Kazawaguchi Kusatsu Kumagaya towardsUeno Terminus Akagi Shinmachi towardsUeno orShinjuku Takasaki Line RapidUrban Kuragano One-way operation Takasakitonyamachi (through service viaRyōmō Line) towardsMaebashi Takasaki Line Local Kuragano towardsTokyo Terminus Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Special Rapid Kuragano towardsOdawara Takasakitonyamachi towardsMaebashi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Rapid Terminus Hachikō Line Kuragano towardsKomagawa Takasakitonyamachi towardsNagaoka Jōetsu Line Terminus Takasakitonyamachi towardsŌmae Agatsuma Line Takasakitonyamachi towardsOyama Ryōmō Line Kita-Takasaki towardsYokokawa Shin'etsu Main Line Takasaki – Yokokawa Preceding station Joshin Electric Railway Following station Minami-Takasaki towardsShimonita Jōshin Line Terminus
Location Takasaki Station Location within Gunma Prefecture Show map of Gunma Prefecture Takasaki Station Takasaki Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Takasaki Station (高崎駅,Takasaki-eki) is a major junctionrailway station located in the city ofTakasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East) and theprivate railway operatorJōshin Dentetsu. It is also a freight depot for theJapan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

• Jōetsu Shinkansen
• Hokuriku Shinkansen

• JUTakasaki Line
• JSShōnan–Shinjuku Line
•  Ueno–Tokyo Line
•      Hachikō Line
•      Jōetsu Line
•      Ryōmō Line
•      Agatsuma Line
•      Shin'etsu Main Line
• SL Gunma Minakami
• Akagi

•      Jōshin Line

• Minakami

The Shinkansen portion of the station has two elevatedisland 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 singlebay platform.

The JR East station opened on May 1, 1884, as the then-terminus of theNippon Railway. The Jōshin Line opened on May 10, 1897. Upon the privatization of theJapanese 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.

Buses serving the station are operated by the following operators.

• Gunma Bus
• Gunma Chuo Bus
• Kan-etsu Kotsu
• Joshin Railway
• Nippon Chuo Bus

• Sendai Liner; ForSendai Station (Nippon Chuo Bus)^[1]
• Azalea; ForNarita International Airport (Kan-etsu kotsu, Chiba Kotsu)^[2]
• Airport Limousine; ForHaneda Airport (Nippon Chuo Bus,Airport Transport Service)^[3]
• ForNerima Station,Ikebukuro Station,Shinjuku, andAkihabara Station (Nippon Chuo Bus)^[1]
• ForNiigata Station, Bandai City Bus Center (Nippon Chuo Bus)^[1]
• ForFuji-Q Highland,Kawaguchiko Station (Kan-etsu Kotsu, Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus)^[4]
• ForToyama Station,Kanazawa Station andKenroku-en (Nippon Chuo Bus)^[1]
• Silk Liner; ForKanayama Station,Nagoya Station,Nara,Kyōto Station, andOsaka City Air Terminal(Namba Station) (Nippon Chuo Bus)^[1]

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.

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related toTakasaki Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Takasaki Station information (JR East)

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Jōetsu Line
• Ryōmō Line
• Railway stations in Gunma Prefecture
• Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1884
• Takasaki, Gunma
• Takasaki Line
• Agatsuma Line
• Hachikō Line
• Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
• Shin'etsu Main Line
• Hokuriku Shinkansen
• Jōetsu Shinkansen

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