Gumma-Sōja Station
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Gumma-Sōja Station 群馬総社駅 | |||||||||||||||
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 Gumma-Sōja Station, March 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sōja-machi Ueno 588, Maebashi, Gunma （群馬県前橋市総社町植野588） Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jōetsu Line | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1921 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2013 | 1,534 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Gumma-Sōja Station (群馬総社駅, Gumma-Sōja-eki) is a railway station on the Jōetsu Line in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Gumma-Sōja Station is a station on the Jōetsu Line, and is located 12.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Takasaki.
Station layout
[edit]The station has a single side platform and a single island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge; however, only one side of the island platform is in use. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo |
| ■ Agatsuma Line | for Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo | |
| 2 | ■ Jōetsu Line | for Shibukawa, Minakami |
| ■ Agatsuma Line | for Shibukawa, Nakanojō
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History
[edit]Gumma-Sōja Station opened on 1 July 1921. Upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East.[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Shikishima kofun
- Site of Kozuke kokubun-ji
- Sōja Post Office
See also
[edit]External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gunma-Sōja Station.
- Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
36°24′55″N 139°01′56″E / 36.4154°N 139.0321°E
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu (1 October 1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 Ⅱ [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR II] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). JTB.