History
Kanamachi Station opened on 27 December 1897 on the Nippon Railway and passed to the state on 1 November 1906, joining the Joban Line at the line-naming reorganisation of 12 October 1909. Quadruple-tracking work to separate local and rapid services began in 1965 and rebuilt the station onto raised embankment, with the elevated platforms entering service on 23 March 1969. Through-running with the Eidan Chiyoda Line subway started on 20 April 1971, making the local-platform Chiyoda trains the only passenger service. JNR privatisation gave the station to JR East and JR Freight on 1 April 1987. The freight schedule was discontinued on 23 March 2003, and a smart-style platform-edge gate entered service on 1 February 2024.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Kanamachi is JR East's busiest station served only by local Joban Line trains — the rapid Joban services pass through without stopping, even though the station's boarding count outstrips many rapid-stop stops further out.