is a passenger railway station in the city of

Kashiwa is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 433,436 in 194,216 households and a population density of 3800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The name of the city is written with a si ...

, Chiba Prefecture,

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. Its station number is TX14.

Line

Kashiwa-Tanaka Station is served by the

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company The is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the ''Jōban Shinsen'') commuter railway line from in Tokyo to in Ibaraki Prefecture ...

's Tsukuba Express line, which operates between Akihabara Station in Tokyo and

Tsukuba Station is a passenger railway station in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. It is numbered "TX20". Lines Tsukuba Station is the northern terminus of t ...

. It is located 32.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated side platforms with the station building located underneath. The station building was designed by architect Makoto Sei Watanabe.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 24 August 2005, coinciding with the opening of the Tsukuba Express line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,843 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Tone River *Kashiwa-Tanaka Post Office *Kashiwa City Tanaka Middle School

References

External links

TX Kashiwa-Tanaka Station
{{Tsukuba Express Railway stations in Japan opened in 2005 Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Stations of Tsukuba Express Kashiwa