Station

Joshu-Niiya

上州新屋

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Joshu-Niiya
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Timetable information

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Jōshū-Niiya Station, on the Jōshin Line in the town of Kanra in Gunma Prefecture, is operated by Jōshin Dentetsu and lies 14.6 kilometres from the Takasaki terminus. It opened on 25 July 1915 as Niiya Stop on the Ueno Railway, which was renamed Jōshin Electric Railway on 25 August 1921; the stop itself took its present name on 17 December 1921. The stop was originally unstaffed, with ticket sales handled by a private household until electrification in 1924. The station became fully unstaffed again in October 2004. A new wooden station building of about 35 square metres opened on 26 August 2022 after a relocation prompted by a prefectural road widening.

Notes

The stream flowing along the platform's Takasaki end is named the Sanzu River, after the mythological river the dead cross in Japanese Buddhist tradition; a small shrine to the Sanzu's coin-collecting hag Datsueba stands beside the upstream bridge.

Sources

Last updated: 2026-05-18