Kashiwa Station

Kashiwa Station is served by the JR East Jōban Line from Ueno in Tokyo, and is 26.9 kilometers from the official starting point of that line at Nippori Station. It is also on a station for the radial Tobu Urban Park Line )also known as the Tōbu Noda Line) from Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture to Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture. It lies 42.9 km from the western terminus of the Tōbu Noda Line at Ōmiya.[1]

JR East

The JR East portion of the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. There are two island platforms serving four tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms.

JJ07 JL28 Kashiwa Station 柏駅
JR East Station
The Joban Line (Rapid) platform 3 in July 2015
Location	1-1-1 Kashiwa, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba-ken 277-0005 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) JL Jōban Line (Local)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Station code	JJ07 / JL28
History
Opened	25 December 1896
Passengers
FY2019	125,490
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ueno UENJJ01 toward Shinagawa Hitachi (limited service) Tsuchiura (limited service) toward Sendai Nippori NPRJJ02 (limited service) toward Shinagawa Tokiwa Ryūgasakishi toward Takahagi Matsudo JJ06 toward Shinagawa Jōban Line   Special Rapid Toride JJ10 toward Tsuchiura Matsudo JJ06 toward Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Abiko JJ08 toward Sendai Jōban Line Rapid Abiko JJ08 toward Toride Minami-Kashiwa JL27 toward Ayase Jōban Line Local-Kankō Kita-Kashiwa JL29 toward Toride

Tōbu

The Tōbu station has two bay platforms serving four tracks. All trains reverse at this station. The station building is elevated and located above the platforms. It is connected to the JR station by a concourse on the second floor.

TD24 Kashiwa Station 柏駅
Tobu Station
Tobu Kashiwa platforms, April 2007
Location	1-1 Suehiro-cho, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba Japan
Coordinates	35.8623°N 139.9713°E / 35.8623; 139.9713
Operated by	Tōbu Railway
Line(s)	TD Tobu Urban Park Line
Platforms	2 bay platforms
Other information
Station code	TD-24
History
Opened	9 May 1911
Passengers
FY2019	147,553 daily
Services
Preceding station   Tobu   Following station Tobu Urban Park Line TD24 Nagareyama-ōtakanomori TD22   Express   Takayanagi TD28 Toyoshiki TD23   Section Express   Terminus Toyoshiki TD23   Local   Shin-Kashiwa TD25

JR East

1	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Shin-Matsudo, and Ayase Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Yoyogi-Uehara
2	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Kita-Kashiwa, Abiko, and Toride
3	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Matsudo, Nippori, Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa
4	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Abiko, Toride, Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, and Iwaki ■ Narita Line for Narita (via Abiko)

Tōbu

Track layout for Tōbu Kashiwa Station

1/2	■ Tobu Urban Park Line	for Unga, Nodashi, Kasukabe, and Ōmiya
3/4	■ Tobu Urban Park Line	for Mutsumi, Shin-Kamagaya, and Funabashi

The present-day JR East station opened on 25 December 1896.[2] The Tobu station opened on 9 May 1911.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. In July 1998, the platforms for the Jōban Line were lengthened by three meters. The South Exit to the station was opened on April 8, 1999.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kashiwa Station becoming "TD-24".[3]

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 125,490 passengers daily, making it the 27th busiest on the JR East network. [4]

In fiscal 2019, the Tobu station was used by an average of 147,553 passengers daily (entering and exiting passengers).[5] The average daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

• Kashiwa City Office
• Chiba Prefectural Higashi Katsushika High School
• Kashiwa Junior High School

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Kashiwa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)
• Tobu Line Station Information (in Japanese)