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{{short description|Major Junction Railway station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Takasaki Station
| native_name = 高崎駅
| native_name_lang = ja
| type = 
| image = JRE-Takasaki-STA West.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = West entrance of Takasaki station 
| address = 222 Yashimachō, [[Takasaki|Takasaki City]], [[Gunma Prefecture]]
| country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|36.322|N|139.013|E|display=title, inline|source:dewiki_scale:5000}}
| distance = 105.0 kilometers from {{STN|Tokyo|x}}
| operator = {{Plainlist|
* {{ric|JR East|name=y}}
*[[File:JR logo (freight).svg|20px]] [[JR Freight]]
*[[File:Joshin_Dentetsu_logomark.svg|20px]] [[Jōshin Dentetsu]]
}}
| line = {{Plainlist|
* {{ric|JR East|Joetsu
Shinkansen|name=y}}
* {{ric|JR East|Hokuriku Shinkansen|name=y}}
* {{JRLS|JU}} [[Takasaki Line]]
* {{JRLS|JS}} {{lnl|JR East|JS}}
* {{color sample|Orange}} [[Ueno–Tokyo Line]]
* {{rcb|JR East|Hachiko|yes}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Joetsu|yes}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Ryomo|yes}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Agatsuma|yes}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Shin'etsu Main|yes}}
* {{rcb|Joshin|Joshin|yes}}
 }}
| platforms = 6 [[island platforms]] + 1 [[bay platform]]
| connections = {{rint|bus}} Bus terminal
| structure = 
| code = 
| status = Staffed (''[[Midori no Madoguchi]]'' )
| website = {{Official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=934}}
| opened = {{start date and age|1884|05|01|df=y}}
| closed = 
| former = 
| passengers = 22,940 daily (JR East)<br>8,757 daily (Shinkansen)
| pass_year = FY2021
| map_type = Japan Gunma Prefecture#Japan
| map_dot_label = Takasaki Station
| services = {{Adjstn|system1=JR East|line1=Joetsu Shinkansen
|type1=Toki|left1=Jōmō-Kōgen|right1=Honjō-Waseda|to-left1=Niigata|to-right1=Tokyo
|type2=Tanigawa|left2=Jōmō-Kōgen|right2=Honjō-Waseda|to-left2=Gala-Yuzawa|to-right2=Tokyo
|line3=Hokuriku Shinkansen|type3=Hakutaka|left3=Annaka-Haruna|right3=Ōmiya|note-mid3={{SLL|''[[Hakutaka|{{white|Hakutaka}}]]''|#FF4500}}
|type4=Asama|left4=Annaka-Haruna|right4=Honjō-Waseda|note-mid4={{SLL|''[[Asama (train)|{{white|Asama}}]]''|#9370DB}}
|line5=Kusatsu|left5=Shin-Maebashi|right5=Kumagaya|to-left5=Manza-Kazawaguchi|to-right5=Ueno
|line6=Akagi|right6=Shinmachi|to-right6=Ueno or Shinjuku
|line7=Takasaki|note-mid7=Rapid ''Urban''|right7=Kuragano|oneway-right7=yes
|line8=Takasaki|left8=Takasakitonyamachi|note-left8=(through service via [[Ryōmō Line]])|note-mid8=Local|right8=Kuragano|to-left8=Maebashi|to-right8=Tokyo
|line9=Shonan-Shinjuku|note-mid9={{SLL|Special Rapid|DeepSkyBlue}}|right9=Kuragano|to-right9=Odawara
|line10=Shonan-Shinjuku|left10=Takasakitonyamachi|note-mid10={{SLL|Rapid|DarkOrange}}|right10=Kuragano|to-left10=Maebashi|to-right10=Odawara
|line11=Hachiko|right11=Kuragano|type11=Takasaki
|line12=Joetsu|left12=Takasakitonyamachi|to-left12=Nagaoka
|line13=Agatsuma|left13=Takasakitonyamachi
|line14=Ryomo|left14=Takasakitonyamachi|to-left14=Oyama
|line15=Shin'etsu Main|left15=Kita-Takasaki|to-left15=Yokokawa|note-mid15=Takasaki – Yokokawa
|system16=Joshin|line16=Joshin|left16=Minami-Takasaki}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''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 ===
* {{ric|JR East|Joetsu Shinkansen|name=y}}
* {{ric|JR East|Hokuriku Shinkansen|name=y}}

=== JR East ===
* {{JRLS|JU}} [[Takasaki Line]]
* {{JRLS|JS}} {{lnl|JR East|JS}}
* {{color sample|Orange}} [[Ueno–Tokyo Line]]
* {{rcb|JR East|Hachiko|yes}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Joetsu|yes}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Ryomo|yes}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Agatsuma|yes}}
* {{rcb|JR East|Shin'etsu Main|yes}} 
* [[SL Gunma Minakami]] 
* [[Akagi (train)|Akagi]]

=== Jōshin Dentetsu ===
* {{rcb|Joshin|Joshin|yes}} 

=== Previous Services ===
* [[Minakami (train)|Minakami]]

==Station layout==
The Shinkansen portion of the station has two elevated [[island platform]]s, 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===
{{jpf|pfn=1|first=2|name=|dir=(Not in use)}}
{{jpfm|pfn=2<br />4|span=8|name=Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)|col=DarkOrange|dir=for {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}}, {{STN|Ueno|x}}, {{STN|Tokyo|x}}, {{STN|Yokohama|x}}, {{STN|Atami|x}}, {{STN|Numazu|x}} and {{STN|Ito|x}} (via {{JRLS|JT}} [[Tokaido Line]] and {{JRLS|JT}} [[Ito Line]])}}
{{jpfm|name=Shōnan-Shinjuku Line|col=Red|dir=for Ōmiya, {{STN|Shinjuku|x}}, Yokohama, {{STN|Ōfuna|x}}, and {{STN|Odawara|x}} (via {{JRLS|JT}} Tokaido Line)}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Jōetsu Line]]|col=deepskyblue|dir=for {{STN|Shin-Maebashi|x}}, {{STN|Shibukawa|x}}, {{STN|Minakami|x}}, {{STN|Echigo-Yuzawa|x}}, {{STN|Nagaoka|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Agatsuma Line]]|col=#0F5474|dir=for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, {{STN|Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi|x}}, {{STN|Manza-Kazawaguchi|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Ryōmō Line]]|col=#ffd400|dir=for Shin-Maebashi, {{STN|Maebashi|x}}, {{STN|Kiryū|x}}, {{STN|Sano|x}}, {{STN|Oyama|x}}<br />(Through trains from the [[Takasaki Line]], [[Shōnan-Shinjuku Line]])}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Shin'etsu Main Line]]|col=yellowgreen|dir=for {{STN|Annaka|x}}, {{STN|Yokokawa|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=Limited Express ''[[Kusatsu (train)|Kusatsu]]''|col=darkorange|dir=for Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi}}
{{jpfm|name=Limited Express ''[[Akagi (train)|Akagi<br />Swallow Akagi]]''|col=darkorange|dir=for Maebashi}}
{{jpf|pfn=3|name=Hachikō Line|col=darkgray|dir=for {{STN|Gunma-Fujioka|x}}, {{STN|Yorii|x}}, {{STN|Komagawa|x}}}}
{{jpfm|pfn=5<br />6|span=4|name=Joetsu Line|col=deepskyblue|dir=for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka}}
{{jpfm|name=Agatsuma Line|col=#0F5474|dir=for Shin-Maebashi, Shibukawa, Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi, Manza-Kazawaguchi}}
{{jpfm|name=Ryōmō Line|col=#ffd400|dir=for Shin-Maebashi, Maebashi, Kiryū, Sano, Oyama}}
{{jpfm|name=Shin'etsu Main Line|col=yellowgreen|dir=for Annaka, Yokokawa}}
{{jpfm|pfn=7<br />8|span=4|name=Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line)|col=DarkOrange|dir=for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via {{JRLS|JT}} Tōkaidō Line and {{JRLS|JT}} Itō Line) (Through trains from the Ryōmō Line)}}
{{jpfm|name=Shōnan-Shinjuku Line|col=Red|dir=for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Odawara (via {{JRLS|JT}} Tokaido Line) (Through trains from the Ryōmō Line)}}
{{jpfm|name=Limited Express ''Kusatsu''|col=orange|dir=for Ueno}}
{{jpfm|name=Limited Express ''Akagi<br />Swallow Akagi''|col=orange|dir=for Ōmiya, Ueno, Shinjuku}}
{{jpfm|pfn=11<br />12|span=3|name=[[Joetsu Shinkansen]]|col=green|dir=for Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka, {{STN|Niigata|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Hokuriku Shinkansen]]|col=green|dir=for {{STN|Nagano|x}}, {{STN|Toyama|x}}, {{STN|Kanazawa|x}}}}
{{jpfm|name=[[Jōetsu Shinkansen]], [[Hokuriku Shinkansen]]|col=green|dir=for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo}}
{{jpf|pfn=13<br />14|first=3|name=[[Jōetsu Shinkansen]], [[Hokuriku Shinkansen]]|col=green|dir=for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo}}

===Jōshin Dentetsu===
{{ja-rail-line|pfn=0|first=4|nolinkindex=[[Jōshin Dentetsu Jōshin Line|Jōshin Line]]|linecol=red|dir=for {{STN|Shimonita|x}}}}

==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 (Miyagi)|Sendai Station]] (Nippon Chuo Bus)<ref name="NCB">{{Cite web|title = 日本中央バス　毎日運行！！高速バス|url = http://www.ncbbus.co.jp/hbus/index.htm|website = www.ncbbus.co.jp|access-date = 2016-01-23}}</ref>
* ''Azalea''; For [[Narita International Airport]] (Kan-etsu kotsu, Chiba Kotsu)<ref>{{Cite web|title = 関越交通株式会社｜アザレア号|url = http://kan-etsu.net/publics/index/11/|website = 関越交通株式会社|access-date = 2016-01-23}}</ref>
* ''Airport Limousine''; For [[Haneda Airport]] (Nippon Chuo Bus, [[Airport Transport Service]])<ref>{{Cite web|title = Maebashi,Takasaki - Haneda Airport {{!}} Scheduled Bus Services {{!}} Airport Limousine Bus|url = http://www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/bus_services/haneda/maebashi_takasaki.html|website = www.limousinebus.co.jp|access-date = 2016-01-23}}</ref>
* For [[Nerima Station]], [[Ikebukuro Station]], [[Shinjuku]], and [[Akihabara Station]] (Nippon Chuo Bus)<ref name="NCB"/>
* For [[Niigata Station]], Bandai City Bus Center (Nippon Chuo Bus)<ref name="NCB"/>
* For [[Fuji-Q Highland]], [[Kawaguchiko Station]] (Kan-etsu Kotsu, Fujikyu Yamanashi Bus)<ref>{{Cite web|title = 富士急ハイランド線（季節運行）|url = http://kan-etsu.net/publics/index/19/|website = 関越交通株式会社|access-date = 2016-01-23}}</ref>
* For [[Toyama Station]], [[Kanazawa Station]] and [[Kenroku-en]] (Nippon Chuo Bus)<ref name="NCB"/>
* ''Silk Liner''; For [[Kanayama Station (Nagoya)|Kanayama Station]], [[Nagoya Station]], [[Nara, Nara|Nara]], [[Kyōto Station]], and [[Osaka City Air Terminal]]([[Namba Station]]) (Nippon Chuo Bus)<ref name="NCB"/>

==Passenger statistics==
In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 32,160 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).<ref name="jreast2019stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_01.html|script-title=ja: 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)|year= 2020|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 2 August 2020}}</ref> The Jōshin Dentetsu portion of the station was used by 2280 passengers daily in fiscal 2018.

==See also==
* [[List of railway stations in Japan]]

===Notes===
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=934 Takasaki Station information] (JR East)

{{Joetsu Shinkansen}}
{{Hokuriku Shinkansen}}
{{Takasaki Line}}
{{Shōnan-Shinjuku Line}}
{{Hachikō Line}}
{{Shin'etsu Main Line}}
{{Jōetsu Line}}
{{Agatsuma Line}}
{{Ryōmō Line}}
{{Joshin dentetsu Joshin Line}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Gunma Prefecture]]
[[Category:Stations of East Japan Railway Company]]
[[Category:Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1884]]
[[Category:Takasaki, Gunma]]
[[Category:Takasaki Line]]
[[Category:Ryōmō Line]]
[[Category:Agatsuma Line]]
[[Category:Jōetsu Line]]
[[Category:Hachikō Line]]
[[Category:Shōnan-Shinjuku Line]]
[[Category:Shin'etsu Main Line]]
[[Category:Hokuriku Shinkansen]]
[[Category:Jōetsu Shinkansen]]