Yokokawa Station

Yokokawa Station (横川駅) is a railway station in the city of Annaka, Gunma, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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 Takasaki.

Station layout
The station has a two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. There is a third track in the middle for storing trains.

History
Yokokawa Station opened on October 15, 1885 as the terminus of the governmental railway between Takasaki and Yokokawa. The station became an intermediate station of the railway connecting Takasaki and Niigata (later named the Shinetsu Main Line) when the Usui Pass section of the railway, connecting Yokokawa and Karuizawa, 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 (JNR Class EF63 electric locomotives) and other rolling stock.

JR BUS KANTO has been operating a route bus Usui Line which connects Karuizawa Station with this station as a bustitution of Shinetsu Main Line's closed section since 1997.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 208 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Bus routes

 * JR BUS KANTO Usui Line
 * For Karuizawa Station
 * This bus route passes through Megane Bridge during autumn.

Surrounding area

 * Yokogawa Post Office
 * Yokogawa Post Office