is a

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in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ino Station is served by the Joetsu Line, and is from the starting point of the line at , and from

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. The preceding station of is away and the following station of is away. It is also served by through services to and from the

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and the

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Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

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serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. Ino Station has a

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fare table, and no other accessibility features.

Platforms

Source: File:JR_Joetsu_Line_Ino_Station_West_Gates.jpg, Ticket Gate July 2021 File:JR_Joetsu_Line_Ino_Station_Platform.jpg, Platform July 2021

History

The site of the station was first used as a signal station from 11 October 1944 until 20 December 1957 when the station was opened. Upon the privatization of the

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987, it came under the control of JR East. The station started accepting Suica cards on 18 November 2001. The ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' ticket office was closed on 30 November 2021.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2022, the station was used by an average of 1,946 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Below is table containing the passenger statistics since the year 2000:

Surrounding area

* * Takasaki Ino Post Office

References

External links

Ino Station information
(JR East) {{Agatsuma Line Railway stations in Gunma Prefecture Takasaki Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1957 Stations of East Japan Railway Company Takasaki, Gunma