Kashiwazaki Station

Location
	Kashiwazaki Station Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line Kashiwazaki Station Kashiwazaki Station (JR Echigo Line) Kashiwazaki Station Kashiwazaki Station (Japan)

Kashiwazaki Station

柏崎駅
Kashiwazaki Station; 柏崎駅
	Kashiwazaki Station in July 2018
General information
Location	1 Ekimae, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata-ken 945-0055; Japan
Coordinates	37°21′48″N 138°33′23″E / 37.3634°N 138.5564°E
Operated by	JR East; JR Freight;
Line(s)	■ Shinetsu Main Line; ■ Echigo Line;
Distance	36.3 from Naoetsu
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=436
History
Opened	1 August 1897; 127 years ago
Rebuilt	1967; 57 years ago
Passengers
	1,623 (FY2017)
Services
Location
Location
	Kashiwazaki Station Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line Kashiwazaki Station Kashiwazaki Station (JR Echigo Line) Kashiwazaki Station Kashiwazaki Station (Japan)

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
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

National Route 8
National Route 352
Kashiwazaki Post Office
Kashiwazaki High School
Headquarter of Bourbon Corporation

Kashiwazaki_ArtForet, April 2020
Headquarter of Bourbon Corporation
Nishihoncho crossing

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1,623 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

References

^ ^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.
^ 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

JR East station information (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] 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.

[jreast2017stats-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.

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