蒲田
Kamata Station
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1904
4月11日
A JNR Tōkaidō Main Line station was established.
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国鉄東海道本線の駅が開設。
1914
12月20日
The Keihin Line, now known as the Keihin-Tohoku Line, began operating.
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京浜線（現・京浜東北線）運行開始。
1914
12月26日
Service on the Keihin Line was suspended due to frequent train malfunctions.
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京浜線電車故障頻発に伴い、運行中止。
1915
5月10日
The Keihin Line train service resumed operations.
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京浜線電車運行再開。
1915
12月30日
Steam locomotive train service was abolished.
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蒸気機関車列車停車廃止。
1922
10月6日
The section between the current station and Ikegami Station on the Ikegami Electric Railway Line, now the Tokyu Ikegami Line, was opened, with a two-sided, two-track relative platform configuration in a direction perpendicular to Japanese National Railways' Kamata Station.
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池上電気鉄道線（現・東急池上線）当駅 - 池上駅間開通。乗降分離形の相対式2面2線で国鉄蒲田駅に対して直角方向に設置される。
1923
11月1日
The Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway Meguro-Kamata Line, now the Tokyu Tamagawa Line, was opened between the current station and Numabe Station, with the station being established with a single island platform and two tracks, located south of and adjacent to Japanese National Railways' Kamata Station, between the Ikegami Line.
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目黒蒲田電鉄目蒲線（現・東急多摩川線）当駅 - 沼部駅間開通。国鉄蒲田駅に南から沿う形で池上線との間に片面ホームを切欠きにした1面2線で駅が設置される。
1927
Ikegami Line's Kamata Station was relocated and became a single-track station with one side platform, running parallel to the Meguro Line's Kamata Station in an opposing direction.
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池上線蒲田駅が移転、1面1線で目蒲線蒲田駅と向かい合わせに並行する形となる。
1934
10月
Around this time, Meguro Kamata Electric Railway absorbed Ikegami Electric Railway and a connecting line, a simple crossover, was installed between the Ikegami Line and the Meguro Kamata Line, but it was only set up when vehicles were being transferred.
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頃：目黒蒲田電鉄が池上電気鉄道を吸収合併、池上線から目蒲線への連絡線（簡易渡り線）が設置される。ただし、簡易式渡り線で、車両移動時のみ設置した。
1940
5月
With the increase in users, the Ikada Line was relocated to a position perpendicular to Japanese National Railways Kamata Station with a 2-face 2-line terminal platform, separating it from the Moma Line, and the Moma Line's Kamata Station was expanded to triple its platform width and became a 1-face 2-line island platform.
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利用者増加に伴い、池上線が頭端式ホーム2面2線で国鉄蒲田駅と直角方向となる位置に移転する（目蒲線とは分離）。目蒲線蒲田駅はホーム幅員が3倍に拡幅され、島式ホーム1面2線となる。池上線と目蒲線を結ぶ簡易渡り線は廃止され、車両の移動は不可能となった。
1945
6月1日
Due to war damage, the Mōka Line's Yaguchinowatashi Station - Kamata Station section was suspended.
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戦災のため、目蒲線矢口渡駅 - 蒲田駅間休止。
1945
8月14日
The Mokawa Line's temporary restoration was completed between Yaguchinowatashi Station and Kamata Station by suspending Dōzuka Station and utilizing the up track of the Ikada Line for single-track parallel operation as far as Kamata Station on the Ikada Line.
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目蒲線矢口渡駅 - 蒲田駅間仮復旧。道塚駅を休止して、その付近から池上線上り線を転用して池上線蒲田駅まで単線並列化し仮復旧（以後の東急蒲田駅は駅構造の項目を参照）。
1962
11月18日
A down platform was newly established at the JNR station and the use of the reversing facility began.
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国鉄駅の下りホームを新設し、折り返し設備の使用を開始。
1962
11月25日
A Minkan Station was constructed at the east exit of the JNR station and began using the station affairs section.
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国鉄駅東口に民衆駅が建設され、駅務部分の使用を開始。
1966
5月
The construction of the elevated tracks at Tokyu Kamata Station and the Tokyu Kamata Building, later renamed Tokyu Plaza Kamata, commenced.
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東急蒲田駅高架化工事と蒲田東急ビル（→東急プラザ蒲田）建設工事着工。
1967
10月29日
The north half of Tokyu Kamata Station was elevated, and the Meguro Line's single-track section was eliminated, making the entire line double-tracked.
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東急蒲田駅北側半分が高架化。目蒲線は単線運転区間が解消され、全線が複線となる。
1969
10月29日
The southern half of Tokyu Kamata Station was elevated, completing the elevated terminal station with 5 platforms and 4 tracks, and the Ikada Line also eliminated its single-track section, becoming fully double-tracked.
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東急蒲田駅南側半分が高架化、頭端式5面4線の高架化完成 。池上線も単線運転区間が解消され、全線が複線となる。
1969
11月1日
The Kamata Tokyu Building, later renamed Tokyu Plaza Kamata, was opened.
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蒲田東急ビル（→東急プラザ蒲田）開設。
1969
11月16日
After students carrying wooden beams and iron pipes held a demonstration on the station platform to protest Prime Minister Sato Eisaku's visit to the US, a commotion broke out in the east plaza where they threw molotov cocktails at riot police.
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角材や鉄パイプを持った学生が駅ホームで佐藤栄作首相の訪米阻止を訴えるデモを行った後、東口広場で機動隊に火炎瓶を投擲する騒ぎを起こした。
1970
4月26日
Nishiguchi Station building "Sunkamata" opened.
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西口駅ビル「サンカマタ」開業。
1971
5月23日
A Travel Center was established.
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旅行センター開設。
1976
2月14日
Cargo handling was abolished at the JNR station.
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国鉄駅での貨物取扱廃止。
1979
11月16日
The Japanese National Railways station east exit station building was renovated and reopened as "Pario".
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国鉄駅東口駅ビルをリニューアルし、「パリオ」として開業。
1986
11月1日
The handling of luggage at Japanese National Railways stations was abolished.
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国鉄駅での荷物扱い廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、国鉄の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1991
10月29日
JR East stations introduced and began using automatic ticket gates.
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JR東日本の駅に自動改札機新設、使用開始。
2000
8月6日
The Meguro Line was split into the Tokyu Tamagawa Line and the Meguro Line, and this station became a station on the Ikegami Line and the Tokyu Tamagawa Line.
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目蒲線が東急多摩川線と目黒線に分割、当駅は池上線と東急多摩川線の駅となる。
2001
11月18日
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」が利用可能となる。
2007
3月18日
The IC card "PASMO" became available for use on Tokyu Corporation railways.
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東急電鉄でICカード「PASMO」が利用可能となる。
2008
4月16日
Pario and Sankama merged, and the station building "Granduo Kamata" opened simultaneously.
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パリオとサンカマタが統合。同時に駅ビル「グランデュオ蒲田」開業。
2008
12月1日
The people's station, a station building, at the east exit of the JNR station fully opened.
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国鉄駅東口の民衆駅（駅ビル）が全面開業。
2012
3月17日
The station kiosk "toks" on the Ikegami Line and Tokyu Tamagawa Line platforms closed.
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池上線、東急多摩川線のホームにあった駅売店「toks」閉店。
2019
Reiwa 1
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（令和元年）
2019
8月31日
Byu Plaza operations ended.
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びゅうプラザ営業終了。
2019
11月22日
JR East began using platform doors on the No. 1 and No. 4 platforms (the main line of the Keihin-Tohoku Line).
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JR東日本の1・4番線（京浜東北線の主本線）ホームでホームドアの使用を開始。
2021
4月30日
The Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway Company's regular ticket sales counter has ended operations.
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東急電鉄定期券売り場営業終了。
2025
10月1日
JR East started the Eki-net Q-Chike service.
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JR東日本でえきねっとQチケのサービスを開始。
2026
JR East will start using platform screen doors on the 2nd and 3rd lines (the middle lines of the Keihin-Tohoku Line) at the station.
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度：JR東日本の2・3番線（京浜東北線の中線）ホームでスマートホームドアの使用を開始（予定）。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Departure Melodies
蒲田行進曲
放浪者の歌
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Departure Melody
Kamata March (蒲田行進曲)
An instrumental arrangement of the 1932 "Kamata March," originally written for Shochiku's film studio which was based in Kamata at the time.
In use since 1932 · source
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Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (KEIHIN–TŌHOKU LINE)
1・2
Down
川崎 · 横浜 · 桜木町
3
Up
品川 · 東京 · 上野
↕ Platforms 1, 2, 3 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
IK Tokyu Ikegami Line
Tokyu
5 min
Moderate
→
TM Tokyu Tamagawa Line
Tokyu
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (IK TOKYU IKEGAMI LINE)
1・2
雪が谷大塚 · 旗の台 · 五反田
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
TM Tokyu Tamagawa Line
Tokyu
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TM TOKYU TAMAGAWA LINE)
3・4
下丸子 · 多摩川
↕ Platforms 3, 4 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
IK Tokyu Ikegami Line
Tokyu
2 min
Easy
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What train lines connect at Kamata Station?
Kamata Station is served by Keihin–Tōhoku Line, IK Tokyu Ikegami Line, TM Tokyu Tamagawa Line.