Kagohara Station
Kagohara Station 籠原駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 South entrance of Kagohara Station, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 713 Niibori, Kumagaya-shi, Saitama-ken 360-0841 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°10′27″N 139°19′49″E / 36.1743°N 139.3304°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Takasaki Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 41.0 km from Ōmiya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 16 December 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 14,920 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| 1,2 | ■ Takasaki Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Itō (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Ito Line) |
| ■ 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
[edit]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
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,920 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- JASDF Kumagaya Airbase
- Kumagaya Industrial Park
- Kumagaya-Nishi High School
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Kagohara Station at Wikimedia Commons
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