Shin-Maebashi Station

Shin-Maebashi Station

新前橋駅
Shin-Maebashi Station; 新前橋駅
	Shin-Maebashi Station, 2018
Location	Furuichi-machi 471, Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken 371-0844; Japan
Coordinates	36°22′45″N 139°02′49″E / 36.37903056°N 139.0470361°ECoordinates: 36°22′45″N 139°02′49″E / 36.37903056°N 139.0470361°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ryōmō Line; ■ Jōetsu Line; ■ Agatsuma Line;
Distance	84.4 km from Oyama
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
History
Opened	1 July 1921
Passengers
FY2019	6,160 daily
Services
Location
	Shin-Maebashi Station Location within Gunma PrefectureShow map of Gunma PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

Shin-Maebashi Station (新前橋駅, Shin-Maebashi-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Shin-Maebashi Station is served by the Ryōmō Line, and is located 84.4 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Oyama Station. It is also served by the Jōetsu Line and is 7.3 kilometers from Takasaki Station. Trains of the Agatsuma Line, which nominally terminates at Shibukawa normally continue on to terminate at Shin-Maebashi.

Station layout[]

Platforms at night, 2020

Shin-Maebashi Station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms[]

1, 2	■ Jōetsu Line	for Takasaki ■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line, JT Tokaido Line) for Ōmiya, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (JT Tokaido Line) for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, and Odawara
3	■ Ryōmō Line	for Maebashi, Isesaki, Kiryū and Oyama
4	■ Jōetsu Line	for Shibukawa and Minakami
4	■ Agatsuma Line	for Nakanojō and Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi

History[]

Shin-Maebashi Station was opened on 1 July 1921. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[]

Jōmō Shimbun head office

References[]

^ 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.

External links[]

Media related to Shin-Maebashi Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

[jreast2019stats-1] 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.

[1]