Kamata Station (蒲田駅) is a station in Ota, Tokyo, served by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyu Railways. It opened on 11 April 1904 as a Japanese National Railways station; its lines are the Keihin–Tōhoku Line, IK Tokyu Ikegami Line and TM Tokyu Tamagawa Line.
History
The JNR Tōkaidō Main Line station opened on 11 April 1904. On 20 December 1914 the Keihin Line, now the Keihin–Tōhoku Line, began running. On 26 December 1914 Keihin Line service was suspended because of frequent train faults. Service resumed on 10 May 1915. On 30 December 1915 the stopping of steam locomotive trains at the station was abolished.
On 6 October 1922 the Ikegami Electric Railway line opened between this station and Ikegami Station. It is now the Tokyu Ikegami Line. Its platforms faced each other, at right angles to the JNR Kamata station. On 1 November 1923 the Meguro Kamata Electric Railway line opened between this station and Numabe Station. It is now the Tokyu Tamagawa Line. This station had one side platform with two tracks. It was cut into a notch beside the JNR station, between it and the Ikegami Line. In 1927 the Ikegami Line's Kamata station moved. It became a one-track station with one side platform, running alongside the Meguro Line's Kamata station. Around 1934 the Meguro Kamata Electric Railway absorbed the Ikegami Electric Railway. In May 1940 the Ikegami Line moved to two terminal platforms, separate from the Meguro Line. The Meguro Line platform was widened to three times its width, and it became an island platform with two tracks. The link between the two lines was removed, so vehicles could no longer move between them. On 1 June 1945 war damage suspended the Meguro Line between Yaguchinowatashi and Kamata. On 14 August 1945 temporary repairs reopened the section, using part of the Ikegami Line's up track.
On 18 November 1962 a down platform was built at the JNR station, and turn-back facilities came into use. On 25 November 1962 a people's station building (民衆駅) was built at the east exit of the JNR station, and its station-office area came into use. In May 1966 construction began on the elevated Tokyu Kamata station and on the Kamata Tokyu Building (later Tokyu Plaza Kamata). On 29 October 1967 the north half of Tokyu Kamata station was elevated, and the Meguro Line's single-track section was removed. On 29 October 1969 the south half was elevated, which completed an elevated terminal station with 5 platforms and 4 tracks. The Ikegami Line also became double track throughout. On 1 November 1969 the Kamata Tokyu Building opened. On 16 November 1969 students carrying wooden poles and iron pipes held a protest on the station platform, against Prime Minister Sato Eisaku's visit to the United States. Afterwards, in the East Plaza, they threw Molotov cocktails at riot police.
On 26 April 1970 the west station building Sunkamata opened. On 14 February 1976 cargo handling ended at the JNR station. On 16 November 1979 the east exit building of the JNR station was renovated and reopened as Pario. On 1 November 1986 JNR ended luggage handling at its stations. On 1 April 1987 JNR was privatized, and the station became a station of JR East. On 29 October 1991 JR East stations introduced automatic ticket gates.
On 6 August 2000 the Meguro Line was split into the Tokyu Tamagawa Line and the Meguro Line. Kamata became a station on the Ikegami Line and the Tokyu Tamagawa Line. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable on JR East. On 18 March 2007 PASMO became usable on Tokyu Railways. On 16 April 2008 Pario and Sankama merged, and the station building Granduo Kamata opened the same day. On 1 December 2008 the people's station building at the JNR east exit fully opened. On 22 November 2019 JR East began using platform doors on platforms 1 and 4, the main line of the Keihin–Tōhoku Line. On 30 April 2021 the Tokyu Railways regular ticket counter closed. JR East plans to start using smart platform doors on platforms 2 and 3, the middle lines of the Keihin–Tōhoku Line. The Japanese text gives no exact date.
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