Kuragano Station

Kuragano Station
倉賀野駅

Station south entrance, April 2006
Location Kuragano-machi, Takasaki, Gunma
(群馬県高崎市倉賀野町)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)
History
Opened 1894
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 1,640 daily

Kuragano Station (倉賀野駅 Kuragano-eki) is a railway station on the Takasaki Line in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Lines

Kuragano Station is a station on the Takasaki Line, and is located 70.3 km from the starting point of the line at Ōmiya. It is also a station on the Hachikō Line, lying 92.0 km from the starting point of the unelectrified northern section of the line at Komagawa.

Station layout

The station has two island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1  Takasaki Line for Takasaki
 Hachikō Line for Takasaki
2  (Not used)
3  Takasaki Line for Kumagaya, Ōmiya, and Ueno
 Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, and Yokohama
 Ueno-Tokyo Line for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, and Yokohama
 Hachikō Line for Yorii and Komagawa
4  (Not used)

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Takasaki Line
Shinmachi Local Takasaki
Hachikō Line
Kita-Fujioka Local Takasaki

History

The station opened on 1 May 1894.[1] Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Kuragano Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
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Coordinates: 36°18′02″N 139°02′57″E / 36.3005°N 139.0493°E / 36.3005; 139.0493

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