Kagohara Station (籠原駅) is a passenger railway station located in the Niibori neighborhood of the city of Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kagohara Station is served by the Takasaki Line, with through Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the Tōkaidō Line. It is 41.0 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at Ōmiya.

Station layout

The station has two island platform serving four tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

History

Kagohara Station opened on 16 December 1909. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,920 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area