title: Kita-Kogane Station
text: # Kita-Kogane Station
  
  Kita-Kogane Station (北小金駅, Kitakogane-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Kita-Kogane is served by the Jōban Line and is 22.0 km from the terminus of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks, and the station building underneath. The station is staffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | JL Jōban Line (Local) | for Kashiwa, Abiko, and Toride |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | JL Jōban Line (Local) | for Matsudo, Ayase C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju, Nishi-nippori and Yoyogi-uehara |
  
  ## History
  
  Kita-Kogane Station was opened on May 1, 1911, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Kita-Kogane Station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 24,335 passengers daily.
  
  