is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

(JR Tōkai).

Lines

Kasado Station is served by the Kansai Main Line, and is 50.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at

Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in ...

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform and one side platform, connected by a footbridge.

Platform

Adjacent stations

History

Kasado Station was opened on February 6, 1892, as on the Kansai Railway, when the section of the Kansai Main Line connecting

Yokkaichi is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located in north-central ...

with Suzuka was completed. It was renamed Kasado Station on February 1, 1902. The Kansai Railway was nationalized on October 1, 1907, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. The station has been unattended since October 1, 2012.

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood ch ...

was introduced to the section of the Kansai Main Line operated JR Central in March 2018; Kasado Station was assigned station number CI15.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 631 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Japan National Route 1 is a major highway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It connects Chūō, Tokyo in the Kantō region with the city of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture in the Kansai region, passing through the Chūbu region en route. It follows the old Tōkaidō west ...

Suzuka River The is a major river that flows through northern Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government, one of four Class 1 rivers that flow solely through Mie. The river's sou ...

Shōno-juku was the forty-fifth of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, fifty-three stations (''shukuba'') of the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It was located in former Ise Province in what is now the city of Suzuka ...

References

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{{Kansai Main Line (JR Central) Railway stations in Japan opened in 1892 Railway stations in Mie Prefecture Suzuka, Mie