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 JÃ Âshin Dentetsu. It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
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 JÃ Âshin Dentetsu portion of the station has a single bay platform.
The JR East station opened on May 1, 1884, as the then-terminus of the Nippon Railway. The JÃ Âshin 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 JÃ Âetsu Shinkansen was extended to Takasaki Station on November 15, 1982.
Buses serving the station are operated by the following operators.
In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 32,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The JÃ Âshin Dentetsu portion of the station was used by 2280 passengers daily in fiscal 2018.