Kashiwazaki Station

Kashiwazaki Station (柏崎駅, Kashiwazaki-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Kashiwazaki Station

柏崎駅
Kashiwazaki Station in July 2018
Location1 Ekimae, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata-ken 945-0055
Japan
Coordinates37.3634°N 138.5564°E / 37.3634; 138.5564
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance36.3 from Naoetsu
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=436
History
Opened1 August 1897
Rebuilt1967
Passengers
1,623 (FY2017)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Kakizaki
toward Naoetsu
Shirayuki Nagaoka
toward Niigata
Shin'etsu Main Line
Rapid
Raikōji
toward Niigata
Shin'etsu Main Line
Local
Ibarame
toward Niigata
Terminus Echigo Line Higashi-Kashiwazaki
toward Niigata
Location
Kashiwazaki Station
Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line
Kashiwazaki Station
Kashiwazaki Station (JR Echigo Line)
Kashiwazaki Station
Kashiwazaki Station (Japan)

Lines

Kashiwazaki Station is served by both the Shinetsu Main Line and the Echigo Line. It is 36.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Shinetsu Main Line at Naoetsu, and forms the terminus of the Echigo Line.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms, serving four tracks, connected by a footbridge. The two-story station building has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

0  Echigo Line for Yoshida and Niigata
1  Shinetsu Main Line passing track
2  Shinetsu Main Line for Nagaoka and Niigata
3  Shinetsu Main Line for Naoetsu

History

Kashiwazaki Station opened on 1 August 1897.[1] A new station building was completed in October 1967. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

Surrounding area

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,623 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

See also

References

  1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 584. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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