Shinmachi Station (新町駅, Shinmachi-eki) is a railway station in the city of Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight depot operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
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| Location | 2150 Shinmachi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma-ken 370-1301 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°16′24″N 139°06′22″E / 36.2732°N 139.106°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 64.2 km from Ōmiya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island + side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 27 December 1883. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 3728 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editShinmachi Station is a station on the Takasaki Line, and is located 64.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōmiya. The station is also used by trains of the Shōnan–Shinjuku Line operating on the same tracks.
Station layout
editThe station consists of 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 office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ 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) | |
| 3 | ■ Takasaki Line | for Takasaki, and Maebashi |
History
editShinmachi 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.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
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National Route 17- Shinmachi Post Office
- Former Shinmachi Town Hall
Bus routes
edit- Nippon Chuo Bus Okutano Line
- For Uenomura Fureaikan[2] via Kodama Station and Kanna Village Office
See also
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edit- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Transfer onto Ueno Village Bus bound for Shimonita Station and Joshu-Tomioka Station
External links
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Media related to Shimmachi Station (Gunma) at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)