Location Ōta, Tokyo
Japan Passengers (JR East, FY2013) 139,728 daily Phone +81 50-2016-1600 | Connections Bus terminal Opened 1904 | |
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Operated by JR East, Tokyu Corporation Line(s) Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Tōkyū Ikegami Line
Tōkyū Tamagawa Line Address 5 Chome Kamata, Ota, Tokyo 144-0051, Japan Similar Keikyū Kamata Station, Ōmori Station, Hasunuma Station, Yaguchinowatashi Station, Ōimachi Station |
Kamata Station (蒲田駅, Kamata-eki) is a railway station in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Tokyu Corporation.
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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.
JR East
The JR East station is a surface station with platforms in a north-south direction.
Tokyu
The Tokyu station is located to the southwest corner of the JR station.
History
The JR East station opened on 11 April 1904. The Tokyu station opened on 6 October 1922 on the Ikegami Line, and services on Tamagawa Line began on 1 November 1923.
Future plans
Plans exist to 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.
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. 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).
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.