Kanda (Tokyo)

Weekday departures: 3,675/day · Sat & holiday departures: 1,908/day

First / last train (weekday): 0:24 / 24:45

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (255)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Tokyo Metro Ginza Line: Suehirocho (Tokyo) ⇄ Mitsukoshimae
• Chūō Main Line: Ochanomizu
• Tōhoku Main Line: Akihabara ⇄ Tōkyō

Kanda Station opened on 1 March 1919 when the Chuo Main Line was extended from the former Manseibashi Station to Tokyo Station, operated by the Railway Ministry. On 1 November 1925 the Tōhoku Main Line was extended from Akihabara to Kanda and onward to Tokyo, completing the loop of the Yamanote Line and bringing Keihin-Tohoku and Yamanote services to the station. The Tokyo Underground Railway (predecessor of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line) opened a separate subway station on 21 November 1931, initially as the line's new northern terminus. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the JR portion came under JR East, and the Ginza Line portion was inherited by Tokyo Metro on 1 April 2004 after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority. Keihin-Tōhoku rapid services began stopping at the station on 14 March 2015, and station numbering was introduced in 2016, assigning JC02, JK27, JY02, and G13.

From 2 October 2023, JR East added "Earth Pharmaceutical Head Office Mae" as a sub-name to the JR Kanda Station, and the Yamanote Line platforms now use the jingle from the Mondamin oral hygiene brand commercials as the departure melody — a five-year arrangement scheduled to run through 30 September 2028.