is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

in the city of

Takasaki, Gunma is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 372,369 in 167,345 households, and a population density of 810 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Takasaki is famous as the hometown of th ...

, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight depot operated by the

Japan Freight Railway Company , or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station. The Japan Railways Group was fou ...

(JR Freight).

Lines

Shinmachi Station is a station on the

Takasaki Line The Takasaki Line ( ja, 高崎線, ) is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ...

, and is located 64.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at . The station is also used by trains of the

Shōnan–Shinjuku Line The Shōnan–Shinjuku Line ( ja, 湘南新宿ライン, ) is a passenger railway service in Japan which commenced in December 2001. The line has no dedicated track as services run through shared sections along the Ryōmō Line, Takasaki Line, ...

operating on the same tracks.

Station layout

The station consists of one

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and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, platform 2 is fenced off and not used. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' ticket office.

Platforms

History

Shinmachi Station opened on 27 December 1883. Upon the privatization of the

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* * Shinmachi Post Office * Former Shinmachi Town Hall

Bus routes

*Nippon Chuo Bus Okutano Line **For Uenomura FureaikanTransfer onto Ueno Village Bus bound for Shimonita Station and Joshu-Tomioka Station via

Kodama Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Honjō, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Kodama Station is served by the Hachikō Line The Hachikō Line is a 92.0 km (57.2 mi) regiona ...

and Kanna Village Office

References

External links

Station information (JR East)
{{Shonan-Shinjuku Line Takasaki Line Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company Railway stations in Gunma Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1883 Takasaki, Gunma