Timetable information
Weekday departures: 17/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 17/day in the available timetable data
Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 6:32 / 23:17
Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (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.
The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.
Lines where the timetable data is complete: Joetsu Line
Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:
- Ryomo Line: no timetable data
Adjacent stations
- Joetsu Line: Gunma-Soja ⇄ Ino (Gunma)
Location
History
Shin-Maebashi Station opened on 1 July 1921 with the Jōetsu South Line's extension to Shibukawa, becoming the junction with the Ryōmō Line. The Jōetsu North and South lines were unified into the Jōetsu Line on 1 September 1931. On 20 December 1957 the Takasaki–Shin-Maebashi section of the Ryōmō Line was reassigned to the Jōetsu Line, and a depot — eventually the Takasaki Rolling Stock Centre — was sited here from April 1959. The elevated station building opened on 19 August 1983, and JR East took over at JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987. A major renovation finished on 26 March 2011.
Notes
Poet Sakutarō Hagiwara dedicated a piece in his Junjō Shōkyokushū to the just-opened Shin-Maebashi Station, describing it as a lonely country halt set among fields with its signal swaying in the wind.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18