Kashiwazaki Station

Railway station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
  • JR East
  • JR Freight
Line(s)
  • ■ Shinetsu Main Line
  • ■ Echigo Line
Distance36.3 from NaoetsuPlatforms2 island platformsTracks4Other informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=436HistoryOpened1 August 1897; 126 years ago (1897-08-01)Rebuilt1967; 57 years ago (1967)Passengers1,623 (FY2017) Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kakizaki
towards Naoetsu
 Shirayuki Nagaoka
towards Niigata
Shin'etsu Main Line
Rapid
 Raikōji
towards Niigata
Shin'etsu Main Line
Local
 Ibarame
towards Niigata
Terminus Echigo Line Higashi-Kashiwazaki
towards Niigata
Location
Kashiwazaki Station is located in JR Shinetsu Main Line
Kashiwazaki Station
Kashiwazaki Station
Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line
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Kashiwazaki Station is located in JR Echigo Line
Kashiwazaki Station
Kashiwazaki Station
Kashiwazaki Station (JR Echigo Line)
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Kashiwazaki Station is located in Japan
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Kashiwazaki Station (Japan)
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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.

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.

  • Entrance
    Entrance
  • Platforms, April 2020
    Platforms, April 2020

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.[citation needed] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1]

Surrounding area

  • Kashiwazaki_ArtForet, April 2020
    Kashiwazaki_ArtForet, April 2020
  • Headquarter of Bourbon Corporation
    Headquarter of Bourbon Corporation
  • Nishihoncho crossing
    Nishihoncho crossing

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. ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. 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.

External links

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