Ichikawa Station (市川駅) is an elevated station in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company runs it on the Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local) and the Sōbu Line (Rapid). It opened on 20 July 1894.
History
Ichikawa Station (市川駅) opened on 20 July 1894 as the starting station of the Sobu Railway. It had a single track. On 9 December 1894 the line was extended from Honjo (now Kinshicho) to Ichikawa, and the station became a stop along the way. On 1 September 1907 the railway was bought by the government under the Railway Nationalisation Act, and the station came under the Imperial Railways Agency. Double track was laid between Ichikawa and Funabashi on 17 June 1908, and between Kogane and Ichikawa on 14 October 1908. On 12 October 1909 the station became part of the Sobu Main Line. The Ryogoku to Ichikawa section was electrified on 15 March 1933, and the Ichikawa to Funabashi section on 15 September 1933.
A south exit was built in December 1959. In June 1968 groundwork began for an elevated line with four tracks. On 1 October 1968 rapid trains began running from Nakano, and Ichikawa became a stop for them. On 8 April 1969 large freight handling ended and moved to Nishi-Funabashi Station, while small parcels continued. A private siding to the Ichikawa factory of the Hokuetsu paper mill was removed in May 1969. Freight handling ended completely on 1 June 1969. On 12 July 1970 part of the elevated four-track work between Nishi-Funabashi and Shin-Koiwa was finished, and trains began using the elevated platforms.
On 15 July 1972 the four-track line between Kinshicho and Tsudanuma was completed, and rapid trains began using the rapid tracks. A rail-fastening ceremony and departure ceremony were held on 14 July 1972. On 14 September 1972 the station building Shapo Ichikawa opened. Chiba Elevated Co. was the client, and Maeda Corporation (前田建設工業) built it. In April 1987, when Japanese National Railways was split up, the station passed to East Japan Railway Company (JR East). A guide bell for blind passengers was installed on 20 July 1996. Suica could be used from 18 November 2001.
Shapo Ichikawa had its first renovation in October 2012. On 31 January 2019 the View Plaza (びゅうプラザ) closed. The station building had its second renovation on 28 June 2019, and its third on 26 March 2020, when the building held its grand opening. On 1 June 2025 smart platform doors (スマートホームドア) began to be used on platforms 1 and 2, which serve the Sobu Local trains.
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