Kasagi Station (笠置駅, Kasagi-eki) is a passenger railway station of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) located in the town of Kasagi, Kyoto, Japan. The station is outside of the ICOCA service area, so no IC cards can be used to pay fares.
Lines
Kasagi Station is served by the Kansai Main Line, and is located at 54.3 km (33.7 mi) from the terminus of the line at Kameyama.
Layout
The station has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. A coin locker is installed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ V Kansai Main Line | for Kamo |
| 2 | ■ V Kansai Main Line | for Kameyama, Tsuge, and Iga-Ueno |
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The platform in April 2007 -
The station structure in April 2007
History
Kasagi Station opened on 11 November 1897 as a station on the Kansai Railway.[1] The Kansai Railway was nationalized in 1907 and the line renamed the Kansai Main Line in 1909. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]
| Year | Passengers |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 326 |
| 2009 | 315 |
| 2010 | 310 |
| 2011 | 320 |
| 2012 | 296 |
| 2013 | 285 |
| 2014 | 268 |
| 2015 | 257 |
| 2016 | 233 |
| 2017 | 219 |
| 2018 | 200 |
| 2019 | 186 |
Surrounding area
This station is located in an area where the Kansai Main Line runs parallel to the south bank of the Kizugawa River and National Route 163 runs parallel to the north bank, and is surrounded by mountains. Kasagi Ohashi Bridge is built on the east side of the station as a bridge connecting north and south. Kasagi once prospered as a hot spring town, and hot spring inns were built on both banks of the Kizugawa River
- Kasagi Town Hall
- Kasagiyama Prefectural Natural Park
See also
References
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 339. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Kyoto Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
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