Maebashi Station (前橋駅, Maebashi-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is one of two main railway stations of Maebashi; the other is Chūō Maebashi Station of the private railway operator Jōmō Electric Railway. Maebashi Station was renovated in 2020 into an "Ecoste" station. A train station with focus on environmental conservation.^[1]

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Maebashi Station 前橋駅
Maebashi Station, South exit, January 2007
General information
Location	2 Omotechō, Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken 371-0024 Japan
Coordinates	36.3837°N 139.0735°E / 36.3837; 139.0735
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Ryōmō Line
Distance	81.9 km from Oyama
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 November 1889; 134 years ago (1889-11-20)
Passengers
FY2021	7,901 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Shin-Maebashi towards Tokyo Takasaki Line Rapid Urban Local Terminus Shin-Maebashi towards Odawara Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Rapid Shin-Maebashi towards Takasaki Ryōmō Line Maebashi-Ōshima towards Oyama
Location
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Maebashi Station is the main station for the city of Maebashi, which is the prefectural capital city of Gunma Prefecture. Even though it is the main station of the capital city of Gunma, its lack of important train lines (Such as Shinkansen, Takasaki Line, Joetsu Line) make Takasaki Station the most important station in Gunma Prefecture. In addition, despite being the main station of Maebashi, Chūō Maebashi Station is closer to the city center.

Maebashi Station is served by the Ryōmō Line, and is located 81.9 km (50.9 mi) from the starting point of the line at Oyama Station, and 9.8 km (6.1 mi) from Takasaki Station. The preceding station of Maebashi-Ōshima is 5.8 km (3.6 mi) away and the following station of Shin-Maebashi is 3.2 km (2.0 mi) away. Some Shōnan Shinjuku Line and the Ueno-Tokyo Line services also originate at this station.

The station consists of two elevated island platforms serving three tracks, with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office and has coin lockers. The station has many accessibility features such as escalators, elevators, Mobility scooter access, wheelchair-accessible bathroom, and a Braille Fare table.^[2]

• Ticket Gate July 2021
• Platforms 1 and 2 July 2021
• Platform 3 July 2021

Maebashi Station was opened by Ryōmō Railway on November 20, 1889. From August 20, 1884, Nippon Railway operated another Maebashi Station on the other side of the Tone River, but this station was closed on December 26, 1889, when a bridge across the river was completed and Nippon Railway trains began sharing the Ryōmō Railway station. Ryōmō Railway was merged into Nippon Railway on January 1, 1897, and Nippon Railway was nationalized on November 1, 1906.^[4]

The station started accepting Suica cards on November 18, 2001.^[5] In 2020, the station was renovated under the "Ecoste" model. The goal was to reduced CO₂ emission by 69 tons (roughly 24% from 2016).^[1]

In fiscal 2021, the station was used by an average of 7,901 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6]

Below is table containing the passenger statistics since the year 2000:

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