Station

Kanamachi

金町

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Kanamachi
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Timetable information

Departure data for this station is not available on this site.

Location

History

Kanamachi Station opened on 27 December 1897 on the Nippon Railway and passed to the state on 1 November 1906, joining the Joban Line at the line-naming reorganisation of 12 October 1909. Quadruple-tracking work to separate local and rapid services began in 1965 and rebuilt the station onto raised embankment, with the elevated platforms entering service on 23 March 1969. Through-running with the Eidan Chiyoda Line subway started on 20 April 1971, making the local-platform Chiyoda trains the only passenger service. JNR privatisation gave the station to JR East and JR Freight on 1 April 1987. The freight schedule was discontinued on 23 March 2003, and a smart-style platform-edge gate entered service on 1 February 2024.

Notes

Kanamachi is JR East's busiest station served only by local Joban Line trains — the rapid Joban services pass through without stopping, even though the station's boarding count outstrips many rapid-stop stops further out.

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