Shin-Koiwa Station (新小岩駅) in Katsushika, Tokyo, is run by East Japan Railway Company and serves the Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local) and the Sōbu Line (Rapid).
History
The stop became a station named Shin-Koiwa on 10 July 1928, handling passengers only, with only a south exit at first. A national railway signal box opened on 14 February 1932, and on 1 July 1932 it became the Shin-Koiwa marshalling yard (新小岩操車場). A north exit was added in 1944 for commuters to nearby firms. Air raids damaged the station on 10 June 1945, and freight handling began on 11 June 1945.
On 3 February 1956 a US military aircraft crashed near the north exit and burst into flames. Parcel and small package delivery began on 1 December 1965. On 1 June 1968 freight and yard work moved to a separate Shin-Koiwa Sōeki (新小岩操駅, now 新小岩信号場駅). On 15 July 1972 the section including this station was widened to four tracks, and the rapid-line tracks came into use.
Luggage handling ended on 14 March 1985. JR East took over the station on 1 April 1987. Escalators were added between the concourse and each platform in February 1999. Suica became usable on 8 November 2001.
The Tohoku square and a north link passage nicknamed Sky Deck Tatsumi (スカイデッキたつみ) opened on 5 March 2011. A bus stop at the Tohoku square opened on 28 March 2011. A groundbreaking ceremony for the south-north free passage was held on 21 December 2013.
Lifts from the ticket floor to the first and second platforms began on 14 October 2017, and to the third and fourth platforms on 24 February 2018. On 24 June 2018 the north and south ticket gates were merged, and the north-south free passage opened. Platform doors came into use on the Sōbu Rapid platforms on 8 December 2018. JR Shin-Koiwa Minami-guchi Building (JR新小岩南口ビル) opened on 1 October 2023. Smart platform doors came to the first and second platforms of the Sōbu Local Line on 10 June 2024. Eki-Net Q Ticket started on 1 October 2025.
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