Kamakura Station

Kamakura Station is a railway station on the Yokosuka Line in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

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Lines

Kamakura Station is served by the Yokosuka Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line. It is located from the junction at Ōfuna Station, and from Tokyo Station. It is also the terminal station for the Enoshima Electric Railway, whose station is adjacent and located from the line's origin at.

Station layout

JR East Station

JR Kamakura Station has a single island platform connected to the station building by two underpasses. Beside the two main lines there is also one additional line where trains can stop. Because the platform is built on a hill, its elevation is higher than the ticket gates and Enoden platform.
Because the station serves a popular tourist area, there are many extra trains at weekends and holidays. However, in spite of the extra side line for trains to stop in, trains cannot change direction at this station, so many trains meant to serve this station have to run between Zushi and Tamachi Depot. In the evening, passenger trains also run from Tamachi Depot to Zushi, then back to Kamakura.
In most areas with stairs there are elevators and escalators. There are also two automatic vending machines for Green car tickets for use with Suica on the platform.
At the station's east exit there were previously several shops, especially restaurants. However, this area was rebuilt as, a shopping facility which opened on 31 October 2007. Besides a convenience store and a Kamakura tourist information center, the first floor consists entirely of eateries. There is a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket counter the east entrance, which operates during the hours 7:00 to 20:00.

Enoshima Electric Railway Station

The Enoshima Electric Railway has a ground-level bay platform around two tracks. The platforms are numbered in coordination with the JR lines, so that Enoden uses lines designated as 3 through 5, the signs of which are controlled by machine, usually displaying only 3 and 4. Line 5 is used only for the early morning train that departs at 5:47. During this time, there is already a train in line 3, and in order to change the order of trains on the tracks line 5 is used. In the periods around New Year, Golden Week, and other busy times, a special, staggered schedule using the two lines 3 and 5.
An entrance ticket at other Enoden stations is 190 yen, but in order to match JR, which shares the Kamakura station, the ticket is 130 yen at Kamakura station, although this ticket can only be used on the Enoden side.
At the time of introduction of Pasmo, automatic ticket gates were installed in both Kamakura Station and Fujisawa Station.

Bus service

East exit

Kamakura station bus terminal

; Bus stop number 1

No.	Via	Destination	Company	Office
F1	Kotokuin・Daibutsumae	Fujisawa Station Minamiguchi	Enoden Bus	Shonan
K1	Kotokuin・Daibutsumae	Kikyoyama	Enoden Bus	Shonan
K3	Kotokuin・Daibutsumae	Shonanshako	Enoden Bus	Shonan

; Bus stop number 2

No.	Via	Destination	Company	Office
airport bus	Non stop	Haneda Airport	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
A21	Ofuna Station	Kamiooka Station	Enoden Bus	Yokohama
N2	Joraku-ji	Ofuna Station	Enoden Bus	Kamakura
K4	Ofuna Station	Hongodai Station	Enoden Bus	Kamakura
K5	Hase Station	Shichirigahama	Enoden Bus	Shonan
airport bus	Non stop	Haneda Airport	Enoden Bus
expressway bus		Sakaishi Station	Nankai Bus

; Bus stop number 3

No.	Via	Destination	Company	Office
鎌30	Midorigaokairiguchi	Shinzushi Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌31		Midorigaokairiguchi	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
sightseeing bus	circular-route	Kamakura Station	Enoden Bus	Shonan
-	-	-	Enoden Bus	Shonan

; Bus stop number 4

No.	Via	Destination	Company	Office
鎌20		Kamakura-gu	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura

; Bus stop number 5

No.	Via	Destination	Company	Office
鎌23	Kamakuragomeisui	Kamakura Gakuen Seimon-mae	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌24	Kamakura Gakuen Seimon-mae	Kanazawa-hakkei Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌36	circular-route	Kamakura Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura

; Bus stop number 6

No.	Via	Destination	Company	Office
鎌2	Daibutsumae	Kajiwara	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌3	Daibutsumae・Fujimidai	Kamakura Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌4	Daibutsumae	Kamakurayama	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌5	Daibutsumae・Kamakurayama	Suwagaya	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌6	Daibutsumae・Kamakurayama	Enoshima	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
船7	Daibutsumae・Kajiwaraguchi	Ofuna Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
船8	Daibutsumae・Kajiwaraguchi・Kajiwara	Ofuna Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
船9	Daibutsumae・Kamakurayama	Ofuna Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura

; Bus stop number 7

No.	Via	Destination	Company	Office
鎌11	Kaiganbashi	Kamakura Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌12	Kuhonji	Kamakura Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌40	Kotsubo	Zushi Station	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura
鎌41		Kotsubo	Keihin Kyuko Bus	Kamakura

History

Kamakura Station opened on 16 June 1889 as a station on a spur line from Ōfuna on the Japanese Government Railways, the pre-war predecessor to the Japan National Railways to serve the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal and related Imperial Japanese Navy facilities at Yokosuka. This line was renamed the Yokosuka Line in October 1909. The terminus of the Enoshima Electric Railway was relocated to Kamakura Station on 1 March 1949. All freight operations were stopped in 1962. The station building was rebuilt in October 1984. The station came under the management of JR East upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987.
Station numbering was introduced to the Enoshima Electric Railway January 2014 with Kamakura being assigned station number EN15. The JR East platforms received station numbers in 2016 with Kamakura being assigned station numbers JO07 for the Yokosuka line and JS07 for the Shonan-Shinjuku line.