Kashiwa Station

Kashiwa Station (柏駅, Kashiwa-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station in the city of Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tōbu Railway.

Kashiwa Station 柏駅
JR East Kashiwa Station February 2019
General information
Location	1-1-1 Kashiwa, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture 277-0005 Japan
Coordinates	35.8623°N 139.9713°E / 35.8623; 139.9713
Operated by	JR East Tobu Railway
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line TD Tobu Urban Park Line
Location Kashiwa Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Kashiwa Station Kashiwa Station (Kanto Area) Show map of Kanto Area Kashiwa Station Kashiwa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

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 served by 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 (26.7 mi) from the western terminus of the Tōbu Noda Line at Ōmiya.^[1]

JR East

JJ07 JL28 Kashiwa Station 柏駅
The Joban Line (Rapid) platform 3 in July 2015
General information
Location	1-1-1 Kashiwa, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture 277-0005 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) JL Jōban Line (Local)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Station code	JJ07 / JL28
History
Opened	25 December 1896; 127 years ago (1896-12-25)
Passengers
FY2019	125,490
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ueno UENJJ01 towards Shinagawa Hitachi (limited service) Tsuchiura (limited service) towards Sendai Nippori NPRJJ02 (limited service) towards Shinagawa Tokiwa Ryūgasakishi towards Takahagi Matsudo JJ06 towards Shinagawa Jōban Line Special Rapid Toride JJ10 towards Tsuchiura Jōban Line Rapid Abiko JJ08 towards Toride Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Abiko JJ08 towards Sendai Minami-Kashiwa JL27 towards Ayase Jōban Line Local-Kankō Kita-Kashiwa JL29 towards Toride

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.

Platforms

1	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Shim-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

TD24 Kashiwa Station 柏駅
Tobu Station
Tobu Kashiwa platforms, April 2007
General information
Location	1-1 Suehiro-cho, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba Japan
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 Railway Following station Nagareyama-ōtakanomori TD22 towards Ōmiya Urban Park Liner Terminus Nagareyama-ōtakanomori TD22 One-way operation Urban Park Liner from Asakusa Nagareyama-ōtakanomori TD22 towards Ōmiya Urban Park Line Express Takayanagi TD28 towards Funabashi Toyoshiki TD23 towards Ōmiya Urban Park Line Section Express Terminus Urban Park Line Local Shin-Kashiwa TD25 towards Funabashi

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.

Platforms

Track layout for Tōbu Kashiwa Station

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

History

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.^{[citation needed]} The South Exit to the station was opened on 8 April 1999.^{[citation needed]}

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

Passenger statistics

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.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tobu
2000	149,376[6]
2005	135,074[7]
2010	119,825[8]
2011	118,611[9]	136,499[1]
2012	119,064[10]	138,686[11]
2013	121,061[12]

Surrounding area

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 103. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
3. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
4. 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.
5. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
9. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
10. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
11. 駅情報（乗降人員） [Station information (Passenger statistics)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
12. 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

External links

Media related to Kashiwa Station at Wikimedia Commons

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