Takasaki Line

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox rail line The Takasaki Line (Template:Langx) is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

All services on the line (excluding through Shonan-Shinjuku Line trains) run to/from Ueno Station in Tokyo via the Tōhoku Main Line. The line was extended to Tokyo Station via the Ueno-Tokyo Line that opened in March 2015.

As the Takasaki Line serves many major cities within Saitama Prefecture, it is a vital means of transport within the prefecture. National Route 17 and its historical predecessor, the Nakasendō, run parallel to the line.

Services

Services on the Takasaki Line are typically divided into three categories: services to or from Ueno, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line services, and Ueno-Tokyo Line services. Between Ueno and Ōmiya, trains share the track with the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), both of which serve as de facto express services compared to the parallel Keihin-Tōhoku Line. Northbound trains mostly terminate at Template:STN or Template:STN, with some at Template:STN or Template:STN. Southbound trains mostly travel through the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line to Template:STN, or the Ueno-Tokyo Line to Template:STN, on the Tokaido Line, with very few terminating at Ueno. Service on the line is provided by 15-car E231 series and E233-3000 series four-door suburban commuter EMUs with two Green cars; north of Kagohara, this is reduced to 10-cars.

Limited express / express

Prior to the opening of the Joetsu Shinkansen in 1982 and the Nagano Shinkansen in 1997, many Niigata- and Nagano-bound limited express and express services used the line, including the Toki, Asama, and Hakutaka. However, the Shinkansen reduced the need for most of these limited express services, and only a few remain. These include:

Local/rapid services

Rapid Urban

Since March 2015, Rapid Urban services now run from Template:STN or Template:STN (weekends only) on the Tokaido Line, through the Ueno-Tokyo Line, to Takasaki. This service stops at every station on the Tokaido Line, and skips some stations on the Takasaki Line. From the start of March 2024 timetable revision, southbound Urban services to Ueno were ended, which now fully operates one-way.[1] Following this, a through-service train to Maebashi was also discontinued, resulting in all trains now terminate at Takasaki.[2]

Local

Local trains run approximately four times hourly; one or two of those terminates at Kagohara, while the rest terminate at Takasaki, Shin-Maebashi, or Maebashi.

Shōnan-Shinjuku Line services

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All trains are 10- or 15-car E231 or E233 series EMUs.

Special rapid

Special rapid trains operate once hourly to Takasaki, making limited stops. They are unique in that they skip Template:STN in central Tokyo.

Rapid

Rapid trains operate once hourly to Kagohara, stopping at all stations while within the Takasaki line; this increases 2-3 times an hour during the mornings and evenings, when Takasaki-, Odawara-, and Kozu-bound trains also operate. North of Kagohara, all services are operated with 10-car trainsets.

Past services

Commuter rapid

Commuter rapid services operated on weekday evenings only. They operated between Ueno and Maebashi/Takasaki. This service ended on 12 March 2021.[3]

Limited express

  • Akebono (night train between Ueno and Aomori)
  • Hokuriku, Noto (night trains between Ueno and Kanazawa)

Home Liner Kōnosu

Four trains bound for Kōnosu depart Ueno every weekday evening. Passengers can board only at Ueno; all other stations are for disembarking only. Service is provided by 7-car 185 series and 9-car 489 series EMU trainsets.

Station list

  • Local trains, excluding Shōnan-Shinjuku Line through trains, stop at all stations (except Nippori).
  • For limited express, express, and seasonal rapid Moonlight Echigo services, please see their respective articles.

Legends:

  • ● : All trains stop
  • ｜: All trains pass (↓: Indicates the direction of Rapid Urban trains passing)
  • ▼: Rapid Urban trains stop (Northbound only)
  • ■: Shōnan–Shinjuku Line trains stop, but use dedicated platforms on the Tohoku Freight Line
  • ∥ : Shōnan–Shinjuku Line trains do not travel within this section
Line name Station Japanese Distance
(km) 		Local Rapid Urban Shōnan-
Shinjuku
Line 		Transfers Location
Between
stations 		Total
From Tokyo From Template:STN Rapid Special
Rapid
Through services from/to: Template:JRLS Ueno–Tokyo Line for Template:JRLS Tōkaidō Main Line, and Template:JRLS Itō Line Template:JRLS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line (for Template:JRLS Tōkaidō Main Line)
Tōhoku Main Line Template:STN
Template:JRSN 		東京 - 0.0 30.5 ● ▼ ∥ ∥ Template:Plainlist Chiyoda Tokyo
Template:STN
Template:JRSN 		上野 3.6 3.6 26.9 ● ▼ ∥ ∥ Template:Plainlist Taitō
Template:STN
Template:JRSN 		尾久 2.6 8.4 22.1 ● ↓ ∥ ∥   Kita
Template:STN

Template:JRSN 		赤羽 5.0 13.4 17.1 ● ▼ ■ ■ Template:Plainlist
Template:STN
Template:JRSN 		浦和 11.0 24.4 6.1 ● ▼ ■ ■ Template:JRLS Keihin-Tōhoku Line Urawa-ku, Saitama Saitama
Template:STN
Template:JRSN 		さいたま新都心 4.5 28.9 1.6 ● ↓ ｜ ｜ Template:JRLS Keihin-Tohoku Line Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
Template:STN
Template:JRSN 		大宮 1.6 30.5 0.0 ● ▼ ● ● Template:Plainlist
Takasaki Line
Template:STN 宮原 4.0 34.5 4.0 ● ↓ ● ｜   Kita-ku, Saitama
Template:STN 上尾 4.2 38.7 8.2 ● ▼ ● ●   Ageo
Template:STN 北上尾 1.7 40.4 9.9 ● ↓ ● ｜  
Template:STN 桶川 1.9 42.3 11.8 ● ▼ ● ●   Okegawa
Template:STN 北本 4.6 46.9 16.4 ● ↓ ● ●   Kitamoto
Template:STN 鴻巣 3.6 50.5 20.0 ● ▼ ● ●   Kōnosu
Template:STN 北鴻巣 4.3 54.8 24.3 ● ↓ ● ｜  
Template:STN 吹上 3.0 57.8 27.3 ● ↓ ● ｜  
Template:STN 行田 2.3 60.1 29.6 ● ↓ ● ｜   Gyōda
Template:STN 熊谷 4.8 64.9 34.4 ● ▼ ● ● Template:Plainlist Kumagaya
Kumagaya Freight Terminal 熊谷貨物ターミナル 4.9 69.8 39.3 ｜ ↓ ｜ ｜ Chichibu Railway Mikajiri Line (freight)
Template:STN 籠原 1.7 71.5 41.0 ● ▼ ● ●  
Template:STN 深谷 4.8 76.3 45.8 ● ▼ ● ●   Fukaya
Template:STN 岡部 4.3 80.6 50.1 ● ▼ ● ●  
Template:STN 本庄 5.6 86.2 55.7 ● ▼ ● ●   Honjō
Template:STN 神保原 4.0 90.2 59.7 ● ▼ ● ●   Kamisato, Kodama District
Template:STN 新町 4.5 94.7 64.2 ● ▼ ● ●   Takasaki Gunma
Template:STN[* 1] 倉賀野 6.1 100.8 70.3 ● ▼ ● ● Template:Colorbull Hachiko Line[* 2]
Template:STN 高崎 2.5 105.2 74.7 ● ▼ ● ● Template:Plainlist
Through services from/to: Template:Colorbull Ryōmō Line and Template:Colorbull Joetsu Line for Template:STN and Template:STN Template:Colorbull Ryōmō Line and Template:Colorbull Joetsu Line for Template:STN and Template:STN

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History

The Nippon Railway Co., the first private railway company in Japan, opened the Ueno - Omiya - Shinmachi section in 1883, and extended the line to Takasaki (and Shinmaebashi) the following year. The company was nationalised in 1906. The line was double-tracked between 1927 and 1930, and electrified in 1952.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Former connecting lines

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Freight train on the industrial siding built on the alignment of the Iwahana Light Railway in 2008
  • Honjo Station: The Honjo Electric Railway operated a 7 km line to Kodama, electrified at 600 V DC, between 1915 and 1930.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • Kumagaya Station: The 10 km Tobu Kumagaya Line to Menuma operated from 1943 to 1983.[5] The planned extension to the Tobu Koizumi Line was never constructed.[6]
  • Kuragano Station: The Iwahana Light Railway operated a 3 km line to Joshu Iwahana between 1917 and 1945.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1967, an approximately 1 km siding was built on the alignment to serve an industrial area.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia. Template:Reflist

External links

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