The station first opened on March 1, 1919 when the
Chūō Main Line was extended from
Manseibashi Station, which existed between Kanda and , to
Tokyo Station. The tracks of
Tōhoku Main Line, now used by trains on the
Keihin-Tōhoku Line and the
Yamanote Line, extended from
Akihabara Station to Kanda and further to Tokyo on November 1, 1925. This extension completed the loop of the
Yamanote Line. The subway station opened on November 21, 1931. On this day, the subway closed the temporary terminal at
Manseibashi Station and made Kanda Station the new terminus. The station became an intermediate station on April 29, 1932 when the line was extended to
Mitsukoshimae Station. The station facilities of the Ginza Line were inherited by
Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the
Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004. The extension through Kanda Station of the
Tōhoku Shinkansen from its previous terminus at to breached a pair of express tracks of the
Tohoku Main Line through the station. These are being reinstated by the
Tōhoku Jūkan Line project. The project was due to be completed in 2013 but was subsequently delayed until 2015 as a result of the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. From March 14, 2015 onwards, Keihin-Tōhoku rapid services began serving the station.
Station numbering was introduced to the JR East platforms in 2016 with Kanda being assigned station numbers JC02 for the Chūō line rapid, JK27 for the Keihin–Tōhoku Line, and JY02 for the Yamanote line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a three-letter code to its major transfer stations; Kanda was assigned the code "KND". ==Passenger statistics==