History
Kagohara Station opened on 16 December 1909 on the Takasaki Line. A second platform with up- and down-line passing tracks was added in September 1968, followed by the establishment of Kagohara Electric Car Depot in December 1969. Freight handling ended in October 1979 and parcel traffic in March 1985. The station was rebuilt as an elevated structure on 1 March 1987 and joined the JR East network at the privatisation a month later. The E'site Kagohara station building opened on 20 March 2011, and the north-side plaza was completed on 18 March 2019.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Sections of the high-numbered Takasaki Line north of Kagohara cannot take 15-car trains, so most through services split or join their last five cars at this station; departure jingles on every platform are arrangements of the opening of Kumagaya's city song.