Gunma-Soja

Known weekday departures: 16/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 16/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:36 / 23:22

Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• 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 station has 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'.