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).

CA80 Kashiwabara Station 柏原駅
JR Kashiwabara Station in August 2008
General information
Location	1081 Kashiwabara, Maibara-shi, Shiga-ken 521-0202 Japan
Coordinates	35.3447°N 136.403°E / 35.3447; 136.403
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
Kashiwabara Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture Kashiwabara Station Kashiwabara Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

Adjacent stations

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 259 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

• 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