is a passenger

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in the city of

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Shin-Maebashi Station is served by the Ryōmō Line, and is located from the terminus of the line at

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. It is also served by the Jōetsu Line and is from

Takasaki Station 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 Compan ...

. Trains of the

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, which nominally terminates at normally continue on to terminate at Shin-Maebashi.

Station layout

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Shin-Maebashi Station has two

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s serving four tracks, with the station building overhead. The station has many accessibility features such as escalators, elevators,

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access, wheelchair-accessible bathroom, and a

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Fare table. The station also contains a

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under the jurisdiction of the Takasaki Branch of JR east. JReast Shimmaebashi station2.jpg, Platforms viewed from the station building January 2014 Shin-Maebashi-STA Gate.jpg, Ticket Gate October 2022 Shin-Maebashi-STA Platform1-2.jpg, Platforms 1 and 2 October 2022 Shin-Maebashi-STA Platform3-4.jpg, Platforms 3 and 4 October 2022 JReast takasaki-rolling stock center.jpg, Takasaki Train Depot January 2014

Platforms

Station facilities

* NewDays Shin-Maebashi * Restaurant

History

Shin-Maebashi Station was opened on 1 July 1921 to serve as a link between the newly opened Jōetsu Line and the Ryōmō Line. On 17 March 1987, the

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ticket office opens. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987. In 2011, Shin-Maebashi station was renovated. The station started accepting Suica cards on November 18, 2001 for Takasaki and Maebashi bound trains. On 16 October 2004, Suica cards were also accepted for Shibukawa bound trains.The ''

'' ticket office was closed on 15 February 2023.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2021, the station was used by an average of 4,804 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Below is table containing the passenger statistics since the year 2000:

Surrounding area

Jōmō Shimbun ''Jōmō Shimbun'' (上毛新聞) is the largest general circulation daily newspaper based in Gunma prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1887 and has a circulation of 280,320. Hideo Yokoyama, a novelist, had worked for the ''Jōmō Shimbun' ...

head office *Ueno Soja Shrine * Sakutarō Hagiwara Poetry Monument *Forest Mall Shin-Maebashi *Gunma Prefectural Social Welfare Center * Daiso *Shin-Maebashi Terminal *Maebashi Ishikura Post Office * NHK Maebashi Office *

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References

External links

JR East Station information
{{Agatsuma Line Railway stations in Gunma Prefecture Ryōmō Line Jōetsu Line Agatsuma Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921 Maebashi