is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

located in the town of

Kamisato, Saitama is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 30,836 in 13,055 households and a population density of 1100 persons per km². The total area of the town is . Geography Kamisato is located on the extre ...

, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Jimbohara Station is served by the

Takasaki Line The Takasaki Line ( ja, 高崎線, ) is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōmiya Station in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture and Takasaki Station in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) ...

, with through Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and Ueno-Tokyo Line services to and from the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

. It is 59.7 kilometers from the nominal starting point of the Takasaki Line at .

Layout

The station has one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge, with a single-story station building. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Jimbohara Station opened on 15 November 1897. The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of the

JNR The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2799 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Kamisato Town Hall *Kamisato Post Office *

References

External links

JR East Jimbohara Station
{{Shonan-Shinjuku Line Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1897 Takasaki Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Shōnan-Shinjuku Line Kamisato, Saitama