# Takasaki Station

Takasaki Station (高崎駅, Takasaki-eki) is a major 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 Company (JR Freight).

## Lines
### Shinkansen

* Jōetsu Shinkansen
* Hokuriku Shinkansen

### JR East

* JU Takasaki Line
* JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
* Ueno–Tokyo Line
* Hachikō Line
* Jōetsu Line
* Ryōmō Line
* Agatsuma Line
* Shin'etsu Main Line
* SL Gunma Minakami
* Akagi

### Jōshin Dentetsu

* Jōshin Line

### Previous Services

* Minakami

## Station layout

The Shinkansen portion of the station has two elevated island 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 single bay platform.

### JR East

| 1 | ■ | (Not in use) |
| 2 4 | ■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tokaido Line and JT Ito Line) |
| 2 4 | ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Odawara (via JT Tokaido Line) |
| 2 4 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka |
| 2 4 | ■ Agatsuma Line | for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi |
| 2 4 | ■ Ryōmō Line | for Shin-Maebashi, Maebashi, Kiryū, Sano, Oyama (Through trains from the Takasaki Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line) |
| 2 4 | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Annaka, Yokokawa |
| 2 4 | ■ Limited Express Kusatsu | for Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi |
| 2 4 | ■ Limited Express Akagi Swallow Akagi | for Maebashi |
| 3 | ■ Hachikō Line | for Gunma-Fujioka, Yorii, Komagawa |
| 5 6 | ■ Joetsu Line | for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka |
| 5 6 | ■ Agatsuma Line | for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi |
| 5 6 | ■ Ryōmō Line | for Shin-Maebashi, Maebashi, Kiryū, Sano, Oyama |
| 5 6 | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Annaka, Yokokawa |
| 7 8 | ■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line) (Through trains from the Ryōmō Line) |
| 7 8 | ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Odawara (via JT Tokaido Line) (Through trains from the Ryōmō Line) |
| 7 8 | ■ Limited Express Kusatsu | for Ueno |
| 7 8 | ■ Limited Express Akagi Swallow Akagi | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Shinjuku |
| 11 12 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka, Niigata |
| 11 12 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Nagano, Toyama, Kanazawa |
| 11 12 | ■ Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo |
| 13 14 | ■ Jōetsu Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo |

### Jōshin Dentetsu

| 0 | ■ Jōshin Line | for Shimonita |

## History

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

## Bus terminals

Buses serving the station are operated by the following operators.
* Gunma Bus
* Gunma Chuo Bus
* Kan-etsu Kotsu
* Joshin Railway
* Nippon Chuo Bus

### Highway buses

* Sendai Liner; For Sendai Station (Nippon Chuo Bus)
* Azalea; For Narita International Airport (Kan-etsu kotsu, Chiba Kotsu)
* Airport Limousine; For Haneda Airport (Nippon Chuo Bus, Airport Transport Service)
* For Nerima Station, Ikebukuro Station, Shinjuku, and Akihabara Station (Nippon Chuo Bus)
* For Niigata Station, Bandai City Bus Center (Nippon Chuo Bus)
* For Fuji-Q Highland, Kawaguchiko Station (Kan-etsu Kotsu, Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus)
* For Toyama Station, Kanazawa Station and Kenroku-en (Nippon Chuo Bus)
* Silk Liner; For Kanayama Station, Nagoya Station, Nara, Kyōto Station, and Osaka City Air Terminal(Namba Station) (Nippon Chuo Bus)

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 32,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Jōshin Dentetsu portion of the station was used by 2280 passengers daily in fiscal 2018.