Kamata Station (Tokyo) Explained

35.562°N 139.7155°W


Kamata Station
Native Name:蒲田駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Ōta, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Connections: Bus terminal
Code:JK17, IK15, TM07
Passengers:139,728 daily
Pass Year:JR East, FY2013
Map Type:Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan
Map Dot Label:Kamata Station
Services Collapsible:yes

Kamata Station (Japanese: 蒲田駅,pronounced as /ja/) is a railway station in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation.

Lines

Kamata Station is served by the following lines:

Keikyu Kamata Station on the Keikyu Main Line is located about 700 m to the east of Kamata Station. The Tōkaidō Main Line also runs adjacent to the station on the outer tracks without stopping.

Station layout

JR East

The JR East station is a surface station with platforms in a north–south direction.

Platforms

Tokyu

The Tokyu station is located to the southwest corner of the JR station.

Platforms

History

The JR East station opened on 11 April 1904.[1] The Tokyu station opened on 6 October 1922 on the Ikegami Line, and services on Tamagawa Line began on 1 November 1923.[2]

Future plans

Plans exist to build a Kama-Kama Line that would extend the Tokyu Tamagawa Line from Kamata eastward by approximately 800 m to Keikyu Kamata Station on the Keikyu Main Line and Keikyu Airport Line. This would provide an interchange between the lines, improving accessibility to Tokyo's Haneda Airport ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3], Ōta Ward has agreed with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to pay 70% of the project cost of while having the city government responsible for the remaining 30%.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 139,728 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the nineteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[5] Over the same fiscal year the Tōkyū Ikegami and Tamagawa Line stations were used by an average of 69,464 and 88,102 passengers daily respectively (entering and exiting passengers).[6]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year JR East Tokyu
Ikegami Line Tamagawa Line
2000129,724[7]
2005131,947[8] 64,664[9] 82,890
2010 133,748[10] 67,873[11] 84,399
2011 133,593[12] 67,171[13] 84,269
2012 135,668[14] 68,143[15] 85,300
2013 139,728 69,464 88,102

Surrounding area

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: ja: 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 . JNR Station Directory . Japanese National Railways . 1985 . Japan . 19 . 4-533-00503-9.
  2. Book: Terada, Hirokazu . ja: データブック日本の私鉄 . Databook: Japan's Private Railways . Neko Publishing . 19 January 2013 . Japan . 231. 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  3. News: Rail extension eyed to boost Haneda accessibility . . Japan. The Japan Times Ltd.. 29 July 2014 . 7. 29 July 2014.
  4. Web site: 6 June 2022 . 蒲田駅と京急蒲田駅を結ぶ鉄道の事業化に前進 東京 大田区|NHK 首都圏のニュース . Advance to commercialization of railway connecting Kamata Station and Keikyu Kamata Station Ota-ku, Tokyo . 6 June 2022 . . ja.
  5. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20010506032321/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html . 6 May 2001 . 2 September 2014 . dead .
  6. Web site: http://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/data/passengers/. ja:2013年度乗降人員. 2013 Station passenger figures. Tokyū Corporation. Japan. ja. 4 June 2014. 2 September 2014.
  7. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009023233/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html . 9 October 2014 . 2 September 2014 . dead .
  8. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009222358/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html . 9 October 2014 . 2 September 2014 . dead .
  9. Web site: http://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/data/passengers/2005.html. ja:2005年度乗降人員. 2005 Station passenger figures. Tokyu Corporation. Japan. ja. 19 May 2006. 2 September 2014.
  10. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006175258/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html . 6 October 2014 . 2 September 2014 . dead .
  11. Web site: http://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/data/passengers/2010.html. ja:2010年度乗降人員. 2010 Station passenger figures. Tokyu Corporation. Japan. ja. 19 May 2011. 2 September 2014.
  12. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008165126/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html . 8 October 2014 . 2 September 2014 . dead .
  13. Web site: http://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/data/passengers/2011.html. ja:2011年度乗降人員. 2011 Station passenger figures. Tokyu Corporation. Japan. ja. 15 May 2012. 2 September 2014.
  14. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html . ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2012年度) . Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012) . East Japan Railway Company . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141007220750/http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html . 7 October 2014 . 2 September 2014 . dead .
  15. Web site: http://www.tokyu.co.jp/railway/data/passengers/2012.html. ja:2012年度乗降人員. 2012 Station passenger figures. Tokyu Corporation. Japan. ja. 29 May 2013. 2 September 2014.