Kagohara Station
# Kagohara Station

Kagohara Station (籠原駅, Kagohara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the Niibori neighborhood of the city of Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Kagohara Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tōkaidō Line. It is 41.0 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.

## Station layout

The station has two island platform serving four tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

| 1,2 | ■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Ito Line) |
| - | - | - |
| 1,2 | ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna, and Odawara (via JT Tōkaidō Line) |
| 3,4 | ■ Takasaki Line | for Honjō, Takasaki, and Maebashi |

* Platforms 2 and 4 serve as side tracks for terminating trains.

## History

Kagohara Station opened on 16 December 1909. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,920 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* JASDF Kumagaya Airbase
* Kumagaya Industrial Park
* Kumagaya-Nishi High School
