Station

Annaka-Haruna

安中榛名

Annaka-Haruna
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Train service

Weekday departures: 24/day · Sat & holiday departures: 24/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:55 / 23:08

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (2)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Annaka-Haruna Station opened on 1 October 1997 with the Takasaki-to-Nagano section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, operated by JR East. The site was not in the railway corporation's original 1982 plan, and was added only after sustained lobbying by Gunma Prefecture; the construction plan was formally amended on 29 August 1986. The elevated station has two side platforms and a staffed Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office, and serves a small number of Asama services and one evening Hakutaka. In fiscal 2024 average daily boardings stood at 269, well below pre-opening projections of around 1,500.

Notes

Because the surrounding area was carved out of forested hills with no nearby settlement, contemporary media nicknamed the station "Mononoke Station" after Studio Ghibli's 1997 film Princess Mononoke.

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