title: Kashimadai Station
text: # Kashimadai Station
  
  Kashimadai Station (鹿島台駅, Kashimadai-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Kashimadai Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line, and is located 386.6 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Tokyo Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform connected to the elevated station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Kogota and Ichinoseki |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | not in normal use |
  | 2 | ■ Tōhoku Main Line | for Matsushima and Sendai |
  
  ## History
  
  Kashimadai Station opened on March 16, 1892. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 1,620 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * National Route 346
  * former Kashimadai Town Hall
  * Kashimadai Post Office
  * Kashimadai Rock Shopping Center
  