Station

Maniwa

馬庭

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Maniwa
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Timetable information

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Location

History

Maniwa Station opened on 5 July 1910 on the Jōshin Line in the Yoshiimachi-Maniwa area of what is now Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, 9.4 kilometres from the terminus at Takasaki. The stop was upgraded from a halt to a full station on 15 January 1953. It is an entrusted (itaku) station: staffed during the school commute because Gunma Prefectural Yoshii High School stands nearby, but unmanned on alternating Saturdays, Sundays, and parts of weekday daytime. The station has a single island platform with two tracks and a wooden station building. A freight siding once led from the station to the Self-Defense Forces' Yoshii sub-base, and the toilet, long a pit-style facility, was rebuilt as flush-type in 2012.

Notes

Students at nearby Gunma Prefectural Yoshii High School nickname their own school "Mani-kō", after the name of Maniwa Station.

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