Station

Maniwa

馬庭

Maniwa
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Train service

No publicly available departure data for this station.

Location

History

Maniwa Station opened on 5 July 1910 on the Jōshin Line in the Yoshiimachi-Maniwa area of what is now Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, 9.4 kilometres from the terminus at Takasaki. The stop was upgraded from a halt to a full station on 15 January 1953. It is a kan'i itaku station: staffed during the school commute because Gunma Prefectural Yoshii High School stands nearby, but unmanned on alternating Saturdays, Sundays, and parts of weekday daytime. The station has a single island platform with two tracks and a wooden station building. A freight siding once led from the station to the Self-Defense Forces' Yoshii Camp, and the toilet, long a pit-style facility, was rebuilt as flush-type in 2012.

Notes

Students at neighbouring Gunma Prefectural Yoshii High School nickname the station, and by extension their own school, "Mani-kō" — a pun on the station name 馬庭 (Maniwa).

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