Kashiwabara Station

Location
	Kashiwabara Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Kashiwabara Station Kashiwabara Station (Japan)

CA80
Kashiwabara Station

柏原駅
CA80; Kashiwabara Station; 柏原駅
	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	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
Location
Location
	Kashiwabara Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Kashiwabara Station Kashiwabara Station (Japan)

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).

Lines

Kashiwabara 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

The station consists of two island platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1, 2	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	for Maibara, Kyoto
3, 4	■ Tōkaidō Main Line	For Ōgaki, Nagoya

Adjacent stations

«	Service
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

Kashiwabara 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

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 259 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

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

References

^ "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

Media related to Kashiwabara Station at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "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.

[2] "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.

[Shiga2019stats-3] 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.

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