title: Kita-Kashiwa Station
text: # Kita-Kashiwa Station
  
  Kita-Kashiwa Station (北柏駅, Kitakashiwa-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Kita-Kashiwa Station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno in Tokyo and is 29.2 km from the terminus of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, with an elevated station building. The station is staffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | JL Jōban Line (Local) | for Abiko, and Toride |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | JL Jōban Line (Local) | for Kashiwa, Matsudo, Ayase C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju, Nishi-nippori and Yoyogi-uehara |
  
  ## History
  
  Kita-Kashiwa Station was opened on April 10, 1970 as a freight station on the Japan National Railways (JNR). The station opened for passenger traffic on April 20, 1972. Kita-Kashiwa 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 19,140 passengers daily.
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * National Route 6
  * Kashiwa Chamber of Commerce
  * Chiba Prefectural Kashiwa High School
  * Jikei University Medical University Kashiwa Hospital
  