Kashiwabara Station

CA80
Kashiwabara Station

柏原駅
JR Kashiwabara Station in November 2022
General information
Location1081 Kashiwabara, Maibara-shi, Shiga-ken 521-0202
Japan
Coordinates35°20′41″N 136°24′11″E / 35.3447°N 136.403°E / 35.3447; 136.403
Operated by JR Central
Line(s) Tōkaidō Main Line
Distance430.9 kilometers from Tokyo
Platforms2 island platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed
History
OpenedFebruary 21, 1900
Passengers
FY2019259 daily
Location
Kashiwabara Station is located in Shiga Prefecture
Kashiwabara Station
Kashiwabara Station
Location within Shiga Prefecture
Kashiwabara Station is located in Japan
Kashiwabara Station
Kashiwabara Station
Kashiwabara Station (Japan)

Kashiwabara Station (柏原駅, Kashiwabara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai).

Lines

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Kashiwabara Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 430.9 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkaidō line at Tokyo.

Station layout

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The station consists of two island platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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1, 2  Tōkaidō Main Line for Maibara, Kyoto
3, 4  Tōkaidō Main Line For Ōgaki, Nagoya

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Central Japan Railway Company
Tōkaidō Main Line
Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station
Sekigahara   Special Rapid   Ōmi-Nagaoka
Sekigahara   New Rapid   Ōmi-Nagaoka
Sekigahara   Rapid   Ōmi-Nagaoka
Sekigahara   Sectional Rapid   Ōmi-Nagaoka
Sekigahara   Local   Ōmi-Nagaoka

History

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Kashiwabara Station opened on February 21, 1900 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line. The station came under the aegis of the Central Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.

Station numbering was introduced to the section of the Tōkaidō Line operated by JR Central in March 2018; Kashiwabara Station was assigned station number CA80.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 259 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

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  • Tokugen-in, Buddhist temple with National Historic Site cemetery of the Kyōgoku clan
  • Maibara City Kashiwabara Administrative Service Center
  • Maibara City Kashiwabara Junior High School
  • Maibara City Kashiwabara Elementary School
  • Kashiwabara-juku History Museum

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します" [Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ "JR東海,在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入" [JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ 令和元年度(2019年度)統計書 第12章 運輸・通信 [Shiga Prefectural Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition) Chapter 12 Transportation and Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Shiga Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  • Yoshikawa, Fumio. Tokaido-sen 130-nen no ayumi. Grand-Prix Publishing (2002) ISBN 4-87687-234-1.(in Japanese)
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