Kitamoto

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Kitamoto Station traces its origins to the Motojuku signal post opened on 16 August 1918 on the Takasaki Line. The post was promoted to a signal station in April 1922 and elevated to a full passenger stop on 1 August 1928 as Kitamotojuku Station. It was renamed Kitamoto Station on 20 March 1961 to match the surrounding town name. Freight handling ended on 1 October 1962 and the present elevated station building was completed in October 1977. Operation passed to JR East on 1 April 1987 at privatisation, automatic ticket gates began service in March 1995, and Suica IC cards became usable from 18 November 2001.

A little over a year after the signal post was promoted to a full signal station, on 12 September 1923, a train packed with victims of the Great Kantō Earthquake derailed and overturned within its grounds.