北鎌倉

Kita-Kamakura Station

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Kita Kamakura is a railway station in Tokyo.

Kita-Kamakura Station is in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) runs it on the Yokosuka Line. It opened as a temporary stop on 20 May 1927.

History

The station opened on 20 May 1927 as a temporary stop of the national Yokosuka Line in Kosaka village, Kamakura district. It was set up at the request of local residents, and it was open only from May to October. On 1 October 1930 it was upgraded to Kita-Kamakura Station, and the present station building was built around that time. On 11 February 1933 Kosaka village became a town and was renamed Ōfuna Town. On 1 June 1948 the area was merged into Kamakura City.

Parcel handling ended on 1 July 1965. On 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR East. Automatic ticket gates came into use on 1 March 1995. In 1997 the station was selected for the Kanto station list. The reason given was that it was quiet and plain, suited to the old capital of Kamakura.

On 28 March 2007 an imperial special train ran one way from Tokyo to this station on its way to a visit to Kanagawa Prefecture by the Emperor, the Empress, and the King and Queen of Norway. Suica became usable on 18 November 2007. The Shonan-Shinjuku Line began running on 1 December 2007.

On 15 March 2014 some Narita Express trains from Yokohama and Ōfuna were extended to Yokosuka as special trains, only on weekends and holidays in peak periods, and this station became a stop for them. The Narita Express extension was suspended in January 2017.

The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed on 31 May 2018, and station operations were contracted out on 1 July 2018. On 10 November 2025 the ticket machines at the west gate were changed to simple Suica gates.

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1927 5月20日

The station opened as Kita-Kamakura temporary stop on the Japanese National Railways Yokosuka Line in Kozaka Village, Kamakura District, at the request of local residents, operating from May to October.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

鎌倉郡小坂村に国鉄横須賀線の北鎌倉仮停車場として開業。付近住民の請願により設置。5月 - 10月のみ営業。

1930 10月1日

The station was elevated to a full station and Kita-Kamakura Station opened around this time, with the current station building being constructed.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

駅へ昇格し、北鎌倉駅が開業。この頃に現在の駅舎を建設した。

1933 2月11日

Kosaka Village was granted town status and was renamed Ōfuna Town.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

小坂村が町制施行し、大船町へ改称する。

1948 6月1日

It was incorporated into Kamakura City.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

鎌倉市へ編入される。

1965 7月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

荷物扱い廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of JNR, it became a station of East Japan Railway.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道の駅となる。

1995 3月1日

Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。

1997

It was selected for the Kanto 100 Best Stations, with the selection reason being "a quiet and simple station suitable for the ancient city of Kamakura".

Machine translation — show Japanese original

関東の駅百選に選定。選定理由は「古都鎌倉にふさわしく、静かで素朴な駅」。

2007 3月28日

An imperial train consisting of the No. 1 Imperial Train set was operated from Tokyo Station to this station via the Tokaido Main Line for the visit of the Emperor and Empress and the King and Queen of Norway to Kanagawa Prefecture, hauled by EF58 61.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

天皇・皇后およびノルウェー国王夫妻の神奈川県訪問に伴う1号御料車編成のお召し列車が、東京駅から東海道本線経由で当駅間に運転される（片道のみ）。EF58 61牽引。

2007 11月18日

The IC card "Suica" began service.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

ICカード「Suica」供用開始。

2007 12月1日

The Shonan-Shinjuku Line began operation.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

湘南新宿ライン運行開始。

2014 3月15日

Some limited express "Narita Express" trains running between Yokohama Station and Ofuna Station were extended to Yokosuka Station as temporary trains on busy weekends and holidays, with this station as a stop.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

横浜駅・大船駅発着の特急「成田エクスプレス」の一部列車が、横須賀駅まで臨時列車として繁忙期の土日祝のみ延長運転を開始。当駅が停車駅となる。

2017 1月

The extended operation of the limited express "Narita Express" was suspended.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

特急「成田エクスプレス」の延長運行が休止。

2018 5月31日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

2018 7月1日

Operations were outsourced.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

業務委託化。

2025 11月10日

The automatic ticket gates at the west entrance were changed to simplified Suica ticket gates.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

西口改札の自動改札機が簡易Suica改札機に変更。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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