Kanda Station (Tokyo)

Kanda Station (神田駅, Kanda-eki) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metro operate individual portions of the station.

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The north entrance in May 2021
General information
Location	2-13-1 Kajichō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	JK Keihin–Tōhoku Line JY Yamanote Line JC Chūō Line G Ginza Line
Other information
Station code	JK27 (Keihin-Tōhoku Line) JY02 (Yamanote Line) JC02 (Chūō Line) KND (JR East) G-13 (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line)
History
Opened	1 March 1919; 105 years ago (1919-03-01)
Other services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tokyo TYOJY01 Next clockwise Yamanote Line Akihabara AKBJY03 Next counter-clockwise Tokyo TYOJK26 towards Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line Rapid Local Akihabara AKBJK28 towards Ōmiya Tokyo TYOJC01 Terminus Chūō Line Commuter Special Rapid Ochanomizu One-way operation Chūō Line Chūō Special Rapid Ochanomizu JC03 towards Ōtsuki Chūō Line Ōme Special Rapid Ochanomizu JC03 towards Tachikawa Tokyo One-way operation Chūō Line Commuter Rapid Ochanomizu JC03 towards Ōtsuki Tokyo TYOJC01 Terminus Chūō Line Rapid Preceding station Tokyo Metro Following station Mitsukoshimae G12 towards Shibuya Ginza Line Suehirocho G14 towards Asakusa
Location Kanda Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Kanda Station Kanda Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Kanda Station Kanda Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Kanda Station Kanda Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

• JR East
  • Keihin-Tōhoku Line
  • Yamanote Line
  • Chūō Line (Rapid)
• Tokyo Metro
  • Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

Station layout

Kanda consists of two separate stations that form an interchange. The elevated station is operated by JR East and the underground station is operated by the Tokyo Metro. Although they are an interchange, passengers must pass through ticket barriers and pay separate fares to switch between services.

JR East station

The JR East station is the older of the two stations and opened in 1919. It is situated on an elevated viaduct and has three island platforms serving six tracks.^[1] The platforms are numbered sequentially from east to west starting with platform 1. Yamanote Line trains use the inner platforms 2 and 3, Keihin-Tōhoku Line trains use platforms 1 and 4, and Chūō Line trains use platforms 5 and 6 as they split off from the main line north of Kanda.^[1] There are an additional two tracks east of the station; these are used for Shinkansen trains running between Tokyo Station and Ueno.

There are two sets of entrances and exits (a total of four) that allow passengers to access the JR East station. The northern set, the north and east exits, offers a connection to the Ginza Line on the Tokyo Metro. The southern set, the south and west exits, has a View Plaza travel service centre. Both exits have rows of ticket machines, ticket gates, and a JR reservation office.^[1]

1	JK Keihin–Tōhoku Line	for Shinagawa, Yokohama, and Ōfuna
2	JY Yamanote Line	for Tokyo and Shinagawa
3	JY Yamanote Line	for Ueno and Ikebukuro
4	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Ueno, Akabane, and Ōmiya
5	JC Chūō Line	for Tokyo
6	JC Chūō Line	for Ochanomizu, Shinjuku, and Takao

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  Ticket gates at the south and west exits
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  The south entrance
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  The west entrance
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  Yamanote Line (left) and Keihin-Tōhoku Line (right) platform screen doors, 2021

Tokyo Metro

The Tokyo Metro station is the newer of the two stations and opened in 1931 as part of an extension of first subway line in Asia, the Ginza Line. There is a simple island platform setup with two tracks. Platform 1 is for southbound trains to Ginza and Shibuya whilst platform 2 is used for northbound trains to Ueno and Asakusa.

Access to the station is provided by a total of six entrances and exits. Exits and 1 and 2 are used as the connection to the JR East station and are on Chūō-dōri (中央通り). Exits 3 and 4 are on the same street but in the centre of the station near Kanda-Kajichō. Exits 5 and 6 are at the northernmost part of the station.

1	G Ginza Line	for Ginza and Shibuya
2	G Ginza Line	for Ueno and Asakusa

The song "Omatsuri Mambo" (お祭りマンボ, Omatsuri Mambo) by Hibari Misora is used as the departure melody for the Ginza Line platforms in 2015.^[2]

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  Row of ticket machines and fare table
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  Platforms, August 2018

History

The station first opened on March 1, 1919 when the Chūō Main Line was extended from Manseibashi Station, which existed between Kanda and Ochanomizu, to Tokyo Station.^[3]

The tracks of Tōhoku Main Line, now used by trains on the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and the Yamanote Line, extended from Akihabara Station to Kanda and further to Tokyo on November 1, 1925.^[4] This extension completed the loop of the Yamanote Line.

The subway station opened on November 21, 1931. On this day, the subway closed the temporary terminal at Manseibashi Station and made Kanda Station the new terminus. The station became an intermediate station on April 29, 1932 when the line was extended to Mitsukoshimae Station.^[5]

The station facilities of the Ginza Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.^[6]

The extension through Kanda Station of the Tōhoku Shinkansen from its previous terminus at Ueno to Tokyo breached a pair of express tracks of the Tohoku Main Line through the station.^{[citation needed]} These are being reinstated by the Tōhoku Jūkan Line project. The project was due to be completed in 2013 but was subsequently delayed until 2015 as a result of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[7][8][9]

From March 14, 2015 onwards, Keihin-Tōhoku rapid services began serving the station.^[10]

Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Kanda being assigned station numbers JC02 for the Chūō line rapid, JK27 for the Keihin–Tōhoku Line, and JY02 for the Yamanote line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a three-letter code to its major transfer stations; Kanda was assigned the code "KND".^[11][12]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 97,589 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fortieth-busiest station operated by JR East.^[13] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 52,612 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the seventieth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.^[14] The average daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	JR East	Tokyo Metro
2000	111,311[15]
2005	105,782[16]
2010	101,075[17]
2011	99,307[18]	49,410[19]
2012	97,779[20]	52,247[21]
2013	97,589[13]	52,612[14]

• Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

See also

• Tokyo portal

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Kanda station map JR East Retrieved 19 January 2009
2. "2015年ニュースリリース｜東京メトロ". www.tokyometro.jp. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
3. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 173. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. Ishino, supra, p. 387, vol. II
5. "開業の経過 (Tokyo Metro)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2008-11-22.
6. "「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ" [From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro"]. Tokyo Metro Online. 2006-07-08. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
7. An Interview with the President on JR East website, retrieved 2009-05-13
8. JR East Annual report 2007 on JR East website, retrieved 2009-05-13
9. ＪＲ東日本:東京−上野の新線 愛称を「上野東京ライン」 [JR East names new line between Tokyo and Ueno "Ueno-Tokyo Line"]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
10. "２０１５年３月 ダイヤ改正について" [Information regarding the March 2015 timetable amendment] (PDF). East Japan Railway Company. 19 December 2014. p. 10. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
11. "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
12. Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
13. 各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
14. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
15. 各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
16. 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
17. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
18. 各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
19. 駅別乗降人員順位表（2011年度1日平均） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
20. 各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
21. 各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年) [Station usage ranking (2012)] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

External links

• Kanda Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Kanda Station information (Tokyo Metro) (in Japanese)

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