Kanamachi Station (金町駅) is an elevated station in Katsushika, Tokyo. East Japan Railway Company and Japan Freight Railway Company run it. Its line is the Joban Line (Local). It opened on 27 December 1897.
History
Kanamachi Station (金町駅) opened on 27 December 1897 as a station of the Nippon Railway. On 1 November 1906 the Nippon Railway was nationalised, and the station became a government railway station. On 12 October 1909 it became part of the Joban Line. On 11 December 1936 the Nippori to Matsudo section was electrified. All trains from Ueno to Matsudo that stopped at Kanamachi became electric, and locomotive-hauled trains heading north of Matsudo passed through.
On 19 September 1947 the Kasurin typhoon broke the Tone River embankment. The Joban Line was flooded and stopped for a long time. Kanamachi Station stood on high ground, and evacuees crowded into the station, spilling onto the tracks. In February 1949 a private siding for the Mitsubishi Paper Nakagawa factory was laid. On 1 June 1949 the national railway was formed.
In February 1965 work began on the elevated station, as part of a four-track expansion. On 1 April 1967 the north exit opened. On 23 March 1969 the new elevated line, now the local line, came into use. From then until the lines were separated, all Joban trains used the tracks still under construction. On 1 March 1971 the Ayase to Kanamachi section came into temporary use as four tracks, separating commuter trains from express and freight trains. On 20 April 1971 the Ayase to Abiko four-track section was completed, and local and rapid trains were separated. The station became a stop for the local line, with Chiyoda Line through services, and Ueno-bound trains ended. On 4 September 1971 the caboose at the back of a freight train passing through the station derailed, and points and sleepers were destroyed. It happened on the rapid line, which was shared with long-distance and freight trains, so express services were suspended.
On 1 April 1987, when national railways were split up, the station passed to JR East and JR Freight. Suica could be used from 18 November 2001. On 23 March 2003 freight train services ended. On 30 March 2010 a south-exit plaza was completed on the former freight station site. On 16 July 2011 a north-south road on the east side of JR Kanamachi Station opened.
On 31 March 2017 the View Plaza closed. On 1 August 2018 departure melodies stopped on some trains, and on 16 March 2019 they stopped on all trains. On 12 March 2021 the Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed. On 22 September 2022 a NewDays store opened in the former Midori no Madoguchi space. On 1 February 2024 smart platform doors (スマートホームドア) came into use. On 1 October 2025 Eki-net Q Ticket service started.
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