Yokokawa Station


Yokokawa Station is a railway station on the Shinetsu Main Line in Annaka, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company.

Lines

Yokokawa Station is a terminal station for its segment of the Shinetsu Main Line, and is located 29.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at.

Station layout

Yokogawa Station has a two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. There is a third track in the middle for through traffic.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Yokokawa Station opened on October 15, 1885 as the terminus of the governmental railway between and Yokokawa. The station became an intermediate station of the railway connecting Takasaki and when the Usui Pass section of the railway, connecting Yokokawa and, opened on April 1, 1893.
The Usui Pass section of the railway closed on October 1, 1997. Yokokawa Station has been the terminus of the line since then.
The former Yokokawa locomotive depot for bank engines used on the Usui Pass was transformed into the Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, which exhibits the bank engines and other rolling stock.

Surrounding area