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).
CA80 Kashiwabara Station 柏原駅 | |||||
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 JR Kashiwabara Station in November 2022 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 1081 Kashiwabara, Maibara-shi, Shiga-ken 521-0202 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°20′41″N 136°24′11″E / 35.3447°N 136.403°E | ||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Central | ||||
| Line(s) |  Tōkaidō Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 430.9 kilometers from Tokyo | ||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | February 21, 1900 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 259 daily | ||||
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Lines
editKashiwabara 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
editThe station consists of two island platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
edit| 1, 2 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | for Maibara, Kyoto |
| 3, 4 | ■ Tōkaidō Main Line | For Ōgaki, Nagoya |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| 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
editKashiwabara 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
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 259 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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)
External links
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