Kasahata Station

Kasahata Station 笠幡駅
Kasahata Station entrance, September 2012
Location	3732 Kasahata, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama-ken （埼玉県川越市笠幡3732） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Kawagoe Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	1940
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	2,997 daily

Kasahata Station (笠幡駅 Kasahata-eki) is a railway station on the Kawagoe Line in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

Lines

Kasahata Station is served by the Kawagoe Line between Kawagoe and Komagawa, and is located 7.7 km from Kawagoe.^[2] Services operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, with some services continuing to and from Hachiōji on the Hachikō Line.^[3]

Station layout

View of the platform looking east, January 2009

The station has one side platform serving a single bidirectional track. The station building is adjacent to the south side of the track.^[2]

Platforms

1

■ Kawagoe Line

for Kawagoe, Komagawa, and Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kawagoe Line
Musashi-Takahagi		Local	Matoba

History

The station opened on 22 July 1940.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 2,997 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	3,072[5]
2005	2,893[6]
2010	2,916[7]
2011	2,863[8]

Surrounding area

• Chikōzan Park
• Kasumigaseki Country Club, a planned venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics^[9]
• Bunri University of Hospitality
• Kawagoe Nishi High School^[10]
• Shūmei High School
• Kasumigaseki Nishi Junior High School

References

1. 各駅情報（笠幡駅） [Station Information: Kasahata Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
2. Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１１巻　埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 29/44. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
3. JR Timetable, December 2010 issue
4. 各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
5. 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
6. 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
7. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
9. "Venue Plan". Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
10. Kawagoe Nishi High School website Retrieved 11 September 2013. (Japanese)

External links

• Kasahata Station information (JR East) (Japanese)
• Kasahata Station information (Saitama Prefectural Government) (Japanese)

Coordinates: 35°54′27.2232″N 139°24′23.25″E / 35.907562000°N 139.4064583°E