Kanamachi Station
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located in Katsushika, Tokyo
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is one of the special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It lies in the northeast of the ward area. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 429,289 and a density of 12,600 people per km²...
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. In front of the JR station is Keisei Kanamachi Station, a Keisei Electric Railway
Keisei Electric Railway
The is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railways main line connects. The combination uses different readings than the ones used in the city names. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and...
station which is also covered by this article.
Kanamachi Station (JR)
Island platform serving two tracks for local services.There are also two tracks for Rapid services and three for freight services.
Keisei Kanamachi Station
Keisei Kanamachi Station is a terminal having only one platform with one track.History
- 1897-12-27: Kanamachi Station (Nippon Railway, now JR East) opens.
- 1913-10-21: Kanamachi Station (Keisei) opens.
- 1931-11-18: Keisei section of the station renamed Keisei Kanamachi Station.