Kameido Station (亀戸駅) is an elevated station in Kōtō, Tokyo. JR East runs it on the Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local). Tobu Railway runs the Tobu Kameido Line from the station.
History
On 1 September 1907 the Sōbu Railway was bought under the railway nationalisation law. On 27 March 1910 Tobu passenger trains stopped running onto the Sōbu Main Line.
On 1 September 1923 the Great Kantō Earthquake damaged the station. On 10 March 1945 air raids on Tokyo burned it down. On 30 September 1968 the Toei trolleybus service ended.
On 1 April 1987 the station became a station of JR East. On 8 February 1999 an escalator was installed on the north side, on the stairs toward Hirai. On 25 February 1999 a wheelchair-accessible escalator was installed on the north side, on the stairs toward Kinshichō. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable at the JR station. On 24 March 2006 the station building was renamed Atre Kameido (アトレ亀戸), from Kameido Elnard (亀戸エルナード). On 1 April 2007 JR East's east exit was contracted out.
On 15 September 2011 the first phase of renovation of the station building was completed. On 25 October 2011 the second phase was completed, and the building had a grand opening. On 3 September 2014 the basement and first floor were renovated. On 16 May 2019 an upper floor was renovated.
On 1 April 2020 the north exit was contracted out, and the station became a contract-run station. On 18 October 2020 JR East began using smart platform doors. On 1 December 2020 the basement of Atre Kameido was fully renovated. On 1 March 2021 the east exit became unstaffed all day, as the station began to be run by remote control. JR East now calls this its customer support call system. On 30 June 2022 the Midori no Madoguchi closed. On 1 October 2025 JR East started its Eki-net Q Ticket service (えきねっとQチケ).
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