Kita-Kashiwa Station

Kita-Kashiwa Station (北柏駅, Kitakashiwa-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JL29
Kita-Kashiwa Station

北柏駅
Kita-Kashiwa Station in October 2009
Location1901 Neto, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba-ken 277-0831
Japan
Coordinates35.8757°N 139.9881°E / 35.8757; 139.9881
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JL Jōban Line (Local)
Distance29.2 km from Nippori
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeJL29
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=559
History
OpenedApril 10, 1970
Passengers
FY201919,140 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Kashiwa
JL28
toward Ayase
 Jōban Line
Local-Kankō
 Abiko
JL30
toward Toride
Location
Kita-Kashiwa Station
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Kita-Kashiwa Station
Kita-Kashiwa Station (Japan)
Platforms, 2019

Lines

Kita-Kashiwa Station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno in Tokyo and is 29.2  km from the terminus of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station is staffed.

Platforms
1 JL Jōban Line (Local) for Abiko, and Toride
2 JL Jōban Line (Local) for Kashiwa, Matsudo, Ayase
C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju, Nishi-nippori and Yoyogi-uehara

History

Kita-Kashiwa Station was opened on April 10, 1970 as a freight station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). The station opened for passenger traffic on April 20, 1972. Kita-Kashiwa Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,140 passengers daily.[1]

Surrounding area
  • National Route 6
  • Kashiwa Chamber of Commerce
  • Chiba Prefectural Kashiwa High School
  • Jikei University Medical University Kashiwa Hospital

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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