Gunma-Sōja

Weekday departures: 16/day · Sat & holiday departures: 16/day

First / last train (weekday): 6:36 / 23:22

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (2)

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

• Joetsu Line: Yagihara ⇄ Shin-Maebashi

Gumma-Soja Station opened on 1 July 1921 on the Joetsu Line in what is today Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. A footbridge was built across the tracks on 26 July 1963. After the 1987 JNR privatisation it became a JR East station. Suica support began on 16 October 2004, and the Midori-no-Madoguchi was closed on 30 November 2022. The depot consists of two side platforms; the original three-track layout was reduced when the central track was removed. An aging wooden station building still stands beside platform 1, and a future east-west free passage with a west-side entrance is planned.

The 'Gumma' prefix was added at opening because Soja Station already existed in Okayama Prefecture; in such cases JNR and JR East use the modern prefecture name rather than the older province name 'Kozuke'.