Isesaki Station

Isesaki Station (伊勢崎駅, Isesaki-eki) is a railway station in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

Isesaki Station 伊勢崎駅
Isesaki Station, June 2010
Location	Kuruwa-cho, Isesaki, Gunma （群馬県伊勢崎市曲輪町） Japan
Operated by	JR East Tobu Railway
Line(s)	■ Ryōmō Line Tobu Isesaki Line
Location
Isesaki Station Location within Japan

Lines

Isesaki Station is a station on the JR East Ryōmō Line, and is located 69.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Oyama Station. It also forms the northern terminus of the Tobu Isesaki Line, and is 114.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Asakusa Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

JR Station

Isesaki Station 伊勢崎駅
JR Station
JR Isesaki Station platform July 2009
Location	3-1 Kuruwa-cho, Isesaki, Gunma （群馬県伊勢崎市曲輪町3-1） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Ryōmō Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
History
Opened	1889
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	5,595 daily

The JR East station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

1,2	■ Ryōmō Line	for Maebashi and Takasaki
3,4	■ Ryōmō Line	for Kiryū and Oyama

Tobu Station

Isesaki Station 伊勢崎駅
Tobu Isesaki Station platform, July 2009
Location	3-1 Kuruwa-cho, Isesaki, Gunma （群馬県伊勢崎市曲輪町3-1） Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Isesaki Line
Platforms	1 island
Other information
Station code	TN-25
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	6,115

The Tobu Station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath.

Platforms

1,2

■ Tobu Isesaki Line

for Ōta, Ashikaga, and Asakusa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ryōmō Line
Kunisada		Local	Komagata
Tobu Isesaki Line (TI-25)
Shin-Isesaki (TI-24)		Limited Express Ryōmō		Terminus
Shin-Isesaki (TI-24)		Local		Terminus

History

What is now the JR East Isesaki Station opened on 20 November 1889.[1] The Tobu Railway station opened on 13 July 1910.[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Isesaki Station becoming "TI-25".[3]

New elevated platforms were brought into use from 19 October 2013.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the Tobu station was used by an average of 11,341 passengers daily.[5] The JR East station was used by 5185 passengers (alighting) daily.[6]

Surrounding area

• Isesaki Post Office
• Isesaki Jinja

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 110. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
2. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
3. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
4. 東武伊勢崎線 伊勢崎—新伊勢崎周辺が高架化される [Tobu Isesaki Line section between Isesaki and Shin-Isesaki elevated]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
5. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information: Passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

External links

Media related to Isesaki Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Isesaki Station (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Isesaki Station (Tobu Railway) (in Japanese)