Kashiwa Station (柏駅) is in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tobu Railway run stations here. Lines served: Jōban Line (Rapid), Jōban Line (Local), and TD Tobu Urban Park Line.
History
The area around the station was known as Chiyoda village and Kashiwa village. Chiyoda referred to Chiyoda Castle, now the Imperial Palace, so it was considered too sacred to use, and the name Kashiwa was chosen. The Nippon Railway opened its Kashiwa station on 25 December 1896. On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Jōban Line. On 9 May 1911 the Chiba Prefectural Light Railway opened its Noda Line station here.
On 27 December 1923 the Hokuso Railway opened its Funabashi Line station on the east side. On 22 November 1929 the Hokuso Railway was renamed the Sōbu Railway. On 30 August 1930 the Sōbu Funabashi Line was re-routed and merged with the Noda Line station, which made this station a switchback layout. On 1 March 1944 the Tōbu Railway absorbed the Sōbu Railway under the land transport adjustment law, and the Sōbu stations became Tōbu stations. On 16 April 1948 the Tōbu Funabashi Line was merged into the Noda Line, which made the station a middle station between Ōmiya and Funabashi. On 27 December 1956 a west exit opened.
In 1965 a turnback service was added here to ease crowding. On 1 March 1969 a temporary station building opened, along with a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. On 10 April 1970 freight handling ended and moved to the Kita-Kashiwa freight station. On 1 April 1971 a bridge station building was completed. On 20 April 1971 the Jōban Line was made four tracks, but the rapid tracks had no platform. On 28 June 1972 JNR began a trial of automatic ticket gates for all passengers, the first on the national railways. The trial ended on 30 June 1973. On 2 October 1972 rapid trains began stopping. In 1979 the Kashiwa Rose Town mall opened at Tōbu's station. On 1 October 1980 all ordinary local trains began stopping. On 1 November 1986 some limited expresses began stopping, and luggage handling ended.
On 20 February 1987 an east-west free passage was completed. It is the bridge now used as the south exit. On 1 April 1987 the station became part of JR East. On 26 December 1990 Tōbu Kashiwa station was renovated, with a larger concourse, longer platforms and escalators. On 23 April 1992 Tōbu opened a south exit. On 22 December 1992 automatic ticket gates came into use at JR Kashiwa. On 8 April 1999 JR opened a south exit. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable at JR East.
On 9 July 2005 all Fresh Hitachi limited express trains began stopping here. On 18 March 2007 PASMO became usable at Tōbu Kashiwa. In February and March 2015 platform doors came into use on the Tōbu platforms, in two stages. On 14 March 2020 Tōbu express trains began stopping. On 16 March 2020 some Urban Park Liner limited expresses began stopping. On 9 December 2021 JR platform doors came into use on the Jōban Line local platforms. On 16 January 2022 the View Plaza travel office closed. On 22 November 2023 the Becker's café closed, and no Becker's shops remained. On 12 March 2024 a Starbucks opened inside the JR ticket gates.
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