Higashi-Kanagawa Station (東神奈川駅) is in Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) runs it. The Yokohama Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line serve it. It opened on 23 September 1908.
History
The station's name starts with 東 (east) because the national railway had a Kanagawa Station (神奈川駅) at the time. That station was later abolished. On 23 September 1908, the station opened where the Yokohama Railway line to Hachioji (later the Yokohama Line) met the national Tokaido Line. On 10 December 1911, a freight branch opened to Umi-Kanagawa Station (海神奈川駅). On 20 December 1914, Keihin electric trains (京浜電車), the predecessor of the Keihin-Tohoku Line, began running. Service stopped on 26 December 1914 because of frequent breakdowns. It resumed on 10 May 1915. Steam train stops at the station ended on 30 December 1915.
On 17 June 1917, a freight branch opened to Takashima Station. On 1 October 1917, the Yokohama Railway was nationalised. On 4 April 1925, electrification was completed between Higashi-Kanagawa and Harachida (now Machida) on the Yokohama Line. On 1 April 1930, the freight branch to this station moved from the Yokohama Line to the Tokaido Line. On 1 October 1932, electric trains began running to Harachida, and through running to Sakuragicho began.
On 29 May 1945, the station building was destroyed in the Yokohama air raid. On 1 April 1959, freight handling ended, and the freight branches to Takashima and Umi-Kanagawa closed. On 13 April 1959, the Yokohama Line through service to Sakuragicho resumed. On 1 September 1960, an elevated station building and a free passage opened. On 20 March 1968, the Yokohama Line was made double track between Higashi-Kanagawa and Oguchi, and the station's track layout was changed. The Yokohama City Tram stops beside the station closed on 31 July 1966 (east side) and 31 August 1968 (west side).
On 1 October 1974, the station's service was changed to passengers and luggage. Luggage handling ended on 1 February 1984. On 10 March 1985, platform 1 was added, making two platforms with four tracks. It was the first electronic interlocking system the national railway used in service (made by Daido Signal). On 31 March 1987, newspaper-only luggage handling resumed. On 1 April 1987, the national railway was split up, and the station became a JR East station. On 12 June 1992, automatic ticket gates opened. On 21 February 1996, departure melodies were introduced.
On 18 November 2001, JR East began accepting the Suica IC card. On 15 September 2013, lighted indicators came into use. On 27 December 2018, platform doors came into use on the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms. On 7 August 2025, slit-frame platform doors came into use on the platform used by the Keihin-Tohoku and Yokohama Lines. On 26 September 2025, the same doors came into use on the Yokohama Line platform.
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