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).

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Gumma-Sōja Station 群馬総社駅
Gumma-Sōja Station, March 2006
General information
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
History
Opened	1921; 101 years ago (1921)
Passengers
FY2013	1,534 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shin-Maebashi towards Takasaki Jōetsu Line Yagihara towards Nagaoka Agatsuma Line Yagihara towards Ōmae

Lines

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

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

History

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.

Surrounding area

• Shikishima kofun
• Site of Kozuke kokubun-ji
• Sōja Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gunma-Sōja Station.

• Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)