Kasashima Station

Railway station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Kasashima Station

笠島駅

Kasashima Station, April 2006

General information
Location| 802 Kasahima-cho, Kashiwazaki-shi, Niigata-ken 949-3662
Japan
Coordinates| 37°20′09″N 138°28′01″E﻿ / ﻿37.3359°N 138.4670°E﻿ / 37.3359; 138.4670
Operated by|  JR East
Line(s)| ■ Shin'etsu Main Line
Distance| 27.4 km to Naoetsu
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Other information
Status| unstaffed
History
Opened| 1 July 1952; 72 years ago (1952-07-01)
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR East | Following station

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Yoneyama

towards Naoetsu

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Local

|  | Ōmigawa

towards Niigata

Location

Kasashima Station

Location within JR Shinetsu Main Line

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Kasashima Station

Kasashima Station (Japan)

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Kasashima Station (笠島駅, Kasashima-eki) is a railway station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

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Kasashima Station is served by the Shin'etsu Main Line and is 27.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Naoetsu.

## Station layout

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The station consists of two elevated unnumbered opposed side platforms connected by a passage underneath, serving two tracks. The station is unattended.

### Platforms

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south | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line | for Naoetsu

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north | ■ Shin'etsu Main Line  | for Kashiwazaki and Nagaoka

## History

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Kasahima Station opened on 1 July 1952. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[1] A new station building was completed in 2004.

## Surrounding area

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* National Route 8

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ Ishino, Tetsu (1 October 1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 Ⅱ [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR II] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). JTB. p. 583.

## External links

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Stations of the Shin'etsu Main Line and related lines

Shin'etsu Main Line (1997-present)|

* Takasaki
* Kita-Takasaki
* Gumma-Yawata
* Annaka
* Isobe
* Matsuida
* Nishi-Matsuida
* Yokokawa

Railway abandoned|

* Yokokawa
* Karuizawa (served by JR Bus Kanto Usui Line)

Shinano Railway Line|

* Karuizawa
* Naka-Karuizawa
* Shinano-Oiwake
* Miyota
* Hirahara
* Komoro
* Shigeno
* Tanaka
* Ōya
* Shinano-Kokubunji
* Ueda
* Nishi-Ueda
* Tekuno-Sakaki
* Sakaki
* Togura
* Chikuma
* Yashiro
* Yashiro Kōkō-mae
* Shinonoi (for Nagano>>)

Shin'etsu Main Line (1997-present)|

* (for Shiojiri<<)(for Karuizawa<<) Shinonoi
* Imai
* Kawanakajima
* Amori
* Nagano (for Myōkō-Kōgen>>)

Shinano Railway Kita-Shinano Line|

* (for Shinonoi<<) Nagano
* Kita-Nagano
* Sansai
* Toyono
* Mure
* Furuma
* Kurohime
* Myōkō-Kōgen

ETR Myōkō Haneuma Line|

* Myōkō-Kōgen
* Sekiyama
* Nihongi
* Arai
* Kita-Arai
* Jōetsumyōkō
* Minami-Takada
* Takada
* Kasugayama
* Naoetsu (for Niigata>>)

Shin'etsu Main Line (2015-present)|

* (for Jōetsumyōkō<<) Naoetsu
* Kuroi
* Saigata (for Echigo-Yuzawa>>)
* Dosokohama
* Katamachi
* Jōgehama
* Kakizaki
* Yoneyama
* Kasashima
* Ōmigawa
* Kujiranami
* Kashiwazaki
* Ibarame
* Yasuda
* Kitajō
* Echigo-Hirota
* Nagatori
* Tsukayama
* Echigo-Iwatsuka
* Raikōji
* Maekawa
* Miyauchi
* Nagaoka
* Kita-Nagaoka
* Oshikiri
* Mitsuke
* Obiori
* Tōkōji
* Sanjō
* Higashi-Sanjō
* Honai
* Kamo
* Hanyūda
* Tagami
* Yashiroda
* Furutsu
* Niitsu
* Satsukino
* Ogikawa
* Kameda
* Echigo-Ishiyama
* Niigata (for Shibata>>)

See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen
All stations are part of Shin'etsu Main Line prior to Oct 1 1997. bold: Shirayuki stops

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