Kamata Station (Tokyo)

35°33′43.20″N 139°42′55.92″E

JK17 IK15 TM07 Kamata Station 蒲田駅
The station building in February 2018
General information
Location	Ōta, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Tōkyū Railways
Line(s)	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line IK Tokyu Ikegami Line TM Tokyu Tamagawa Line
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	JK17, IK15, TM07
History
Opened	11 April 1904; 121 years ago (11 April 1904)
Passengers
JR East, FY2013	139,728 daily
Services Preceding station JR East Following station Kawasaki KWSJK16 towards Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line Rapid Local Ōmori JK18 towards Ōmiya Preceding station Tōkyū Railways Following station Terminus Ikegami Line Hasunuma IK14 towards Gotanda Yaguchinowatashi TM06 towards Tamagawa Tōkyū Tamagawa Line Terminus
Location Kamata Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Kamata Station Kamata Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Kamata Station Kamata Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Kamata Station Kamata Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kamata Station (Japanese: 蒲田駅, romanized: Kamata-eki) 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:

• Keihin-Tohoku Line (JR East)
• Tokyu Tamagawa Line
• Tokyu Ikegami Line

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

1-2	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Ōfuna
3-4	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line	for Tokyo, Akabane, and Ōmiya

Tokyu

The Tokyu platforms

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

Platforms

1	IK Tokyu Ikegami Line	for Ikegami, Yukigaya-Ōtsuka, Hatanodai, and Gotanda
2	IK Tokyu Ikegami Line	for Ikegami, Yukigaya-Ōtsuka, Hatanodai, and Gotanda
	TM Tokyu Tamagawa Line	for Shimo-Maruko and Tamagawa
3-4	TM Tokyu Tamagawa Line	for Shimo-Maruko and Tamagawa

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] As of June 2022^[update], Ōta Ward has agreed with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to pay 70% of the project cost of ¥136 billion (2021) (US$1.24 billion) 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
2000	129,724[7]
2005	131,947[8]	64,664[9]	82,890[9]
2010	133,748[10]	67,873[11]	84,399[11]
2011	133,593[12]	67,171[13]	84,269[13]
2012	135,668[14]	68,143[15]	85,300[15]
2013	139,728[5]	69,464[6]	88,102[6]

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

Surrounding area

Area near Kamata Station

• Keikyu Kamata Station (Keikyu Main Line)
• Kamata Mosque

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan