Timetable information
Weekday departures: 16/day · Sat & holiday departures: 16/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:36 / 23:22
Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (2)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- Joetsu Line: Yagihara ⇄ Shin-Maebashi
Location
History
Gumma-Soja Station opened on 1 July 1921 on the Joetsu Line in what is today Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. A footbridge was built across the tracks on 26 July 1963. After the 1987 JNR privatisation it became a JR East station. Suica support began on 16 October 2004, and the Midori-no-Madoguchi was closed on 30 November 2022. The station has two side platforms; the original three-track layout was reduced when the central track was removed. An aging wooden station building still stands beside platform 1, and a future east-west free passage with a west-side entrance is planned.
Notes
The 'Gumma' prefix was added at opening because Soja Station already existed in Okayama Prefecture; in such cases JNR and JR East use the modern prefecture name rather than the older province name 'Kozuke'.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mister0124 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18