Minakami Station

Minakami Station 水上駅
File:Minakami-Station-2005-11-15.jpg Minakami Station, November 2005
Location	96 Kanosawa, Minakami, Tone, Gunma （群馬県利根郡みなかみ町鹿野沢96） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōetsu Line
History
Opened	1928
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	514 daily

Minakami Station (水上駅, Minakami-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Minakami Station is served by the Jōetsu Line. Seasonal Minakami limited express and Rapid services operate to and from Ueno Station in Tokyo. It is located 59.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.

Station layout

The station has one side platform and one island platform, serving a total of three tracks.

Platforms

File:Minakami Station Platform (No1).jpg

View from platform 1, August 2008

1	■ Jōetsu Line	for Shin-Maebashi, Takasaki, and Ueno
2	■ Jōetsu Line	for Doai and Nagaoka for Shin-Maebashi and Takasaki
3	■ Jōetsu Line	Additional platform

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Jōetsu Line
Kamimoku		Local	Yubiso

History

The station opened on 30 October 1928. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 514 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• Minakami Onsen
• Minakami Post Office
• National Route 291

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Minakami Station information (Japanese)