Kashiwa Station

Kashiwa Station is served by the JR East Joban Line from Ueno in Tokyo, and is 26.9 kilometers from the official starting point of that line at Nippori Station. It is also on a station for the radial Tobu Urban Park Line from Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture to Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture. It lies 42.9 km from the western terminus of the Tobu Noda Line at Ōmiya.[1]

JR East

The JR East portion of the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. There are two island platforms serving four tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms.

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JR East Station
The Joban Line (Rapid) platform 3 in July 2015
Location	1-1-1 Kashiwa, Kashiwa, Chiba 千葉県柏市柏一丁目1-1 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) JL Jōban Line (Local)
Platforms	2 island
History
Opened	1896
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	119,671
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ueno UENJJ01 toward Shinagawa Hitachi (limited service) Tsuchiura (limited service) toward Sendai Nippori NPRJJ02 (limited service) toward Shinagawa Tokiwa Ryūgasakishi toward Takahagi Matsudo JJ06 toward Shinagawa Jōban Line      Special Rapid Toride JJ10 toward Tsuchiura Matsudo JJ06 toward Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Abiko JJ08 toward Sendai Jōban Line Rapid Abiko JJ08 toward Toride Minami-Kashiwa JL27 toward Ayase Jōban Line Local-Kankō Kita-Kashiwa JL29 toward Toride

Tobu

The Tobu station has two bay platforms serving four tracks. All trains reverse at this station. The station building is elevated and located above the platforms. It is connected to the JR station by a concourse on the second floor.

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Tobu Station
Tobu Kashiwa platforms, April 2007
Location	1-1 Suehiro-cho Funabashi, Chiba (千葉県柏市末広町1-1) Japan
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	TD Tobu Urban Park Line
Platforms	2 bay
Other information
Station code	TD-24
History
Opened	1911
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	138,478 daily
Services
Preceding station   Tobu   Following station Tobu Urban Park Line TD24 Nagareyama-ōtakanomori TD22   Express   Takayanagi TD28 Toyoshiki TD23   Section Express   Terminus Toyoshiki TD23   Local   Shin-Kashiwa TD25

JR East

1	JL Joban Line (Local)	for Shin-Matsudo, and Ayase Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Yoyogi-Uehara
2	JL Joban Line (Local)	for Kita-Kashiwa, Abiko, and Toride
3	JJ Joban Line (Rapid)	for Matsudo, Nippori, Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa
4	JJ Joban Line (Rapid)	for Abiko, Toride, Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, and Iwaki ■ Narita Line for Narita (via Abiko)

Tobu

Track layout for Tobu Kashiwa Station

1/2	■ Tobu Urban Park Line	for Unga, Nodashi, Kasukabe, and Ōmiya
3/4	■ Tobu Urban Park Line	for Mutsumi, Shin-Kamagaya, and Funabashi

The present-day JR East station opened on 25 December 1896.[2] The Tobu station opened on 9 May 1911.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987. In July 1998, the platforms for the Jōban Line were lengthened by three meters. The South Exit to the station was opened on April 8, 1999.

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Kashiwa Station becoming "TD-24".[3]

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by 119,671 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 26th-busiest station operated by JR East.[4] In fiscal 2014, the Tobu station was used by an average of 138,478 passengers daily (entering and exiting passengers).[5] The average daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

In fiscal 2012, the Tobu station was used by an average of 112,000 passengers daily (entering and exiting passengers).[13]

• Kashiwa City Office
• Chiba Prefectural Higashi Katsushika High School (千葉県立東葛飾高等学校)
• Kashiwa Junior High School

• List of railway stations in Japan

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• JR East Station information (in Japanese)
• Tobu Line Station Information (in Japanese)