Iidamachi Station
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was a railway station on the Chūō Main Line
located in Chiyoda, Tokyo
, Japan
.
Iidamachi Station was operated by Kōbu Railway, Japanese Government Railways
, Japanese National Railways
and Japan Freight Railway Company
(JR Freight). Its location was 0.5 km from Suidōbashi Station
and 0.4 km from Iidabashi Station
.
The station was built in 1895 as the terminal of the Kōbu Railway, a predecessor of the present Chūō Main Line. It ceased to serve passengers in 1933, but continued to serve freight until 1997.
After the closure, the site of the station was redeveloped and became a business district named I-Garden Air. One of the buildings in the area is the headquarters of JR Freight.
Chuo Main Line
The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It runs between Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, while the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the fastest rail...
located in Chiyoda, Tokyo
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Iidamachi Station was operated by Kōbu Railway, Japanese Government Railways
Japanese Government Railways
The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
, Japanese National Railways
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...
and Japan Freight Railway Company
Japan Freight Railway Company
, or , is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group . It provides transportation of cargo nationwide. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station....
(JR Freight). Its location was 0.5 km from Suidōbashi Station
Suidobashi Station
is a major interchange station that straddles Tokyo's Chiyoda and Bunkyō wards. There is no direct passage between the JR and Toei platforms.-Station layout:...
and 0.4 km from Iidabashi Station
Iidabashi Station
is a major interchange station that straddles Tokyo's Chiyoda, Shinjuku and Bunkyō wards. It was originally built as Iidamachi Station , terminus of the then Kobu railway, precursor to today's Chūō Line. Koishikawa Kōrakuen Garden can be reached by walking from this station...
.
The station was built in 1895 as the terminal of the Kōbu Railway, a predecessor of the present Chūō Main Line. It ceased to serve passengers in 1933, but continued to serve freight until 1997.
After the closure, the site of the station was redeveloped and became a business district named I-Garden Air. One of the buildings in the area is the headquarters of JR Freight.
Timeline
- April 3, 1895 - Station opens as the terminal of Kōbu Railway.
- December 30, 1895 - Track between Iidamachi and Shinjuku improves to double track.
- August 21, 1904 - Electric tram service begins between Iidamachi and Nakano.
- September 24, 1906 - Kōbu Railway extends tracks from Iidamachi to Suidōbashi; only tram services operate on the new line.
- October 1, 1906 - Kōbu Railway is nationalizedRailway Nationalization ActThe brought many of Japan's private railway lines under national control. The Diet of Japan promulgated the Act on March 31, 1906. The Act was repealed by Article 110 of the Japan National Railway Reform Act of 1988, which formed the modern Japan Railways Group....
. - November 15, 1928 - Iidabashi Station opens on the tram line to replace tram service at Iidamachi; Iidamachi continues as the terminal for locomotive trains.
- March 16, 1934 - Another double track is added to existing double track between Iidamachi and Shinjuku.
- July 15, 1933 - Station ceases to serve passenger trains.
- June 1, 1949 - Japanese National Railways is established.
- November 1, 1986 - Station ceases to serve baggage trains.
- April 1, 1987 - Japanese National Railways is dissolved; Iidamachi Station belongs to JR Freight.
- March 22, 1997 - Station ceases to serve freight trains.
- March 9, 1999 - Station officially closes.