History
Kamata Station in Ota, Tokyo, is jointly used by JR East and Tokyu Corporation. The JR East side opened on 11 April 1904 on what is now the Keihin-Tohoku Line; the Tokyu Ikegami Line side opened on 6 October 1922, and the Tamagawa Line side on 1 November 1923. The JR East station joined the new company at JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 and added Suica IC service on 18 November 2001. The Tokyu lines were elevated in two stages in October 1967 and October 1968, and on 6 August 2000 the former Mekama Line was split into the Tamagawa Line and the Meguro Line, leaving Kamata at the end of the Tamagawa Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Since 23 February 1997 the JR East departure jingle has been an arrangement of 'Kamata March,' chosen because Shochiku's Kamata film studios once stood near the station.