Jōmō-Kōgen Station (上毛高原駅, Jōmō-kōgen-eki) is a railway station on the high-speed Joetsu Shinkansen in Minakami, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Jōmō-kōgen Station 上毛高原駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Tsukiyono, Minakami, Tone District, Gunma Japan | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Joetsu Shinkansen | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 15 November 1982; 39 years ago (1982-11-15) | ||||||||||||||
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The elevated station has two side platforms serving two tracks. There are also two middle tracks for passing trains.
1 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo |
2 | ■ Joetsu Shinkansen | for Echigo-Yuzawa, Nagaoka, and Niigata |
The station opened on 15 November 1982.
On 15 September 2022, a formal petition was made to JR East to change the name of the station to include the name Minakami (みなかみ).[1] Proponents for the name change proposal state that the current name does not accurately describe the area in which the station is located. The campaign included the submission of 15,000 signatures.
In fiscal 2006, the station was used by an average of 732 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The station is located nearby Sarugakyō Mikuni Onsen, Kamimoku Onsen, Namesawa Onsen and Oigami Onsen.
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