Kita-Kashiwa Station
# 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).

## 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.

## Surrounding area

* National Route 6
* Kashiwa Chamber of Commerce
* Chiba Prefectural Kashiwa High School
* Jikei University Medical University Kashiwa Hospital
