History
Kitashinagawa Station opened on 8 May 1904 as the original Shinagawa terminus of the Keihin Electric Railway, located at the southern foot of Yatsuyamabashi bridge. In April 1924 the station was relocated about 200 metres toward Kanagawa to clear road-improvement works on Route 15, and on 11 March 1925 it was renamed Kitashinagawa when the line was extended on street trackage to Takanawa. Continuous grade-separation work between Shinagawa and Shinbamba stations began on 1 April 2020, and on 27 February 2026 an IC-card-only east-side ticket gate opened ahead of the planned elevated rebuild.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station is named "North Shinagawa" but actually sits south of Shinagawa Station: "Kitashinagawa" refers to its position within the historical Shinagawa Ward, while Shinagawa Station itself lies in neighbouring Minato Ward.