Kameari Station

Kameari Station 亀有駅
North entrance
Location	Kameari 3-chōme, Katsushika, Tokyo （東京都葛飾区亀有3丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1897

Kameari Station (亀有駅, Kameari-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan.

Lines

The station is served by the Jōban Line.

Station layout

There is an island platform with two tracks for local services. The express (rapid) tracks run parallel to the local tracks but do not have platform at this station.

1	■ Jōban Line (Local)	Matsudo ・ Kashiwa ・ Abiko ・ Toride
2	■ Jōban Line (Local)	Kita-Senju ・ (via Chiyoda Line Nishi-Nippori ・ Yoyogi-Uehara

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Jōban Line (Local)
Ayase		Local		Kanamachi

History

The station opened on 17 May 1897.

Around the station

The koban located at the north entrance of the train station is known as a model of a koban in Osamu Akimoto's long-run manga Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo. The police cartoon stages in Kameari area where the train station is situated. As a tribute to the cartoon, two statues of the officer Kankichi Ryotsu, the main character of the series, were placed near north and south entrances of the train station in 2006.

External links

Kameari Station (JR East) (Japanese)

Stations of the Jōban Line (Local)

(Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Kita-Senju) Ayase Kameari Kanamachi Matsudo Kita-Matsudo Mabashi Shin-Matsudo Kita-Kogane Minami-Kashiwa Kashiwa Kita-Kashiwa Abiko (Tennōdai Toride)

Coordinates: 35°46′00″N 139°50′52″E / 35.7666°N 139.8477°E / 35.7666; 139.8477

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