Isesaki Station (伊勢崎駅) is an elevated station in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company and Tobu Railway run it. It serves the Ryōmō Line and the Tobu Isesaki Line. It opened on 20 November 1889.
History
Isesaki Station opened on 20 November 1889, when the Ryōmō Railway opened its Maebashi to Kiryū section. On 1 January 1897, the Nippon Railway took over the Ryōmō Railway. On 1 November 1906, the Nippon Railway was nationalised, and the line was transferred to the state railway. On 13 July 1910, the Tobu Railway's Isesaki Line opened between Shin-Isesaki and this station.
On 22 July 1934, the rebuilt second station building was completed. On 16 November 1934, after the Army's special grand maneuvers, Emperor Shōwa toured the prefecture. Special trains ran between Ōta and Isesaki, and between Isesaki and Maebashi. On 1 June 1949, the Ryōmō Line came under the Japanese National Railways.
On 1 September 1968, the Ryōmō Line between Koyama and Maebashi was electrified. On 1 April 1982, freight handling ended. On 28 December 1986, a Midori no Madoguchi ticket window opened. On 1 April 1987, the national railway was split up, and the Ryōmō Line station passed to JR East. A travel centre opened at the same time.
In October 1998, JR East closed its View Plaza. In October 2000, automatic ticket gates started. On 18 November 2001, Suica became usable on JR East. On 18 March 2006, one-man operation began between Ōta and Isesaki. Except for the morning and evening limited express Ryōmō, ordinary trains serving this station now ran only between here and Ōta. On 18 March 2007, PASMO became usable on the Tobu Railway.
On 13 March 2010, a temporary Tobu station building opened, so the JR and Tobu gates were separated, and transfers on the platforms and the simple IC gate machines ended. On 30 May 2010, the elevated Ryōmō Line work was completed, and a new station building on the Ryōmō Line side opened, with a free passage linking the north and south exits. On 17 March 2012, the Tobu lines introduced station numbering. On 19 October 2013, the elevated Tobu Isesaki Line work was completed, a new station building on the Tobu side opened, and an approach chime was introduced. On 15 December 2022, the Midori no Madoguchi ticket window closed. On 16 December 2022, a talking reserved seat ticket machine was introduced.
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