Kasahata Station

Kasahata Station (笠幡駅, Kasahata-eki) is a railway station on the Kawagoe Line in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Kasahata Station

笠幡駅
Kasahata Station entrance, September 2012
Location3732 Kasahata, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken
（埼玉県川越市笠幡3732）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Kawagoe Line
Platforms1 side platform
Connections
  • Bus stop
History
Opened1940
Passengers
FY20142,997 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Musashi-Takahagi
toward Komagawa
 Kawagoe Line Matoba
toward Kawagoe

Lines

Kasahata Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Komagawa, and is located 7.7 km from Kawagoe.[2] Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, with some services continuing to and from Hachiōji on the Hachikō Line.[3]

Station layout
View of the platform looking east, January 2009

The station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station building is adjacent to the south side of the track.[2]

Platforms
1 ■ Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe, Komagawa, and Hachiōji

History

The station opened on 22 July 1940.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 2,997 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yearDaily average
20003,072[5]
20052,893[6]
20102,916[7]
20112,863[8]

Surrounding area

References
  1. 各駅情報（笠幡駅） [Station Information: Kasahata Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１１巻 埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 29/44. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  3. JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
  4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  9. "Venue Plan". Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  10. Kawagoe Nishi High School website Retrieved 11 September 2013. (in Japanese)

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