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35 Events
1885
3月1日
It opened as an above-ground station operated by Nippon Railway, established as a junction station for the line to Shinagawa Station, the Shinagawa Line, later the Yamanote Line.
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日本鉄道により、地上駅として開業。品川駅に至る路線（品川線、後の山手線）の分岐駅として設置された。
1906
11月1日
The railway was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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鉄道国有法により、国有化。
1909
10月12日
The line designation was established, and it became part of the Tōhoku Main Line.
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線路名称の制定により、東北本線の所属となる。
1958
4月1日
Minami-guchi was opened.
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南口を開設。
1963
7月30日
A connecting overpass linking the Akabane Line platform and the Tohoku Main Line train platform was completed.
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赤羽線ホームと東北本線列車線ホームを結ぶ連絡跨線橋が完成。
1963
8月
At the end of the month, a connecting overpass linking the Tohoku Main Line train line platform and the Keihin-Tohoku Line platform was completed.
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下旬：東北本線列車線ホームと京浜東北線ホームを結ぶ連絡跨線橋が完成。
1968
12月27日
The Minamikuchi-bashi elevated station building was completed and began operation.
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南口橋上駅舎が完成し、使用を開始。
1972
7月15日
The line section notation was revised, and the Yamanote Line section between Ikebukuro and Akabane was separated and renamed as the Akabane Line.
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線路区間表示が改定され、山手線池袋 - 赤羽間が赤羽線として分離、改称される。
1973
4月24日
At night, frustrated passengers rioted due to the sequential law struggle by JNR employees that caused significant delays and congestion on trains, triggering riots at Ueno Station and Shinjuku Station, among others, known as the Capital Suburban Area National Railway Riot, which paralyzed JNR lines in the capital region until the end of the 25th.
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（夜）：国鉄職員による順法闘争（当時、列車に大幅な遅延と混雑が発生）にしびれを切らした乗客らが暴動化。これをきっかけに上野駅や新宿駅などでも暴動（首都圏国電暴動）が発生したため、翌25日いっぱいまで首都圏の国鉄線が麻痺状態に陥った。
1976
2月25日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1978
10月1日
Due to the elevated construction for the extension of Ueno Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen and the accompanying 10-carization of the Akabane Line, the Tohoku Freight Line near the station was reduced to a single track, with the single-track section later extended from the area around Kita-Jujujo Station to the area around the Arakawa Bridge, continuing single-track operation until the completion and opening of the current Platform 5.
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東北新幹線の上野駅延伸工事とそれに伴う赤羽線10両化に伴う高架化工事のため、当駅付近の東北貨物線が単線化される。その後、単線区間は東十条駅付近から荒川橋梁付近にまで延長され、現在の5番線が完成・開通するまで単線運転が続けられた。
1983
3月2日
The elevated structure of the Akabane Line was completed and the fifth platform, from which the line departed and arrived, was switched to the elevated platform, now the seventh platform.
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赤羽線の高架が完成し、同線が発着する5番線を高架（現7番線）に切り換え。
1983
10月2日
With the start of using the new platform at Ikebukuro Station, the formation of the Akabane Line was changed from 8 cars to 10 cars.
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池袋駅の新ホーム使用開始により、赤羽線の編成を8両編成から10両編成に変更。
1984
2月1日
Upward mid-distance electric trains terminating at this station via the Tohoku Freight Line south of Omiya started operating during morning rush hours, and a 7th platform was established under the Akabane Line overpass on the then single-track Tohoku Freight Line.
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大宮以南で東北貨物線を経由する当駅止まりの上り中距離電車を朝ラッシュ時に運転開始。赤羽線の高架下を走る東北貨物線（当時単線）に7番線ホームが設けられる。
1985
9月30日
With the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen, the commuter new line, a branch of the Tohoku Main Line via Musashiurawa Station, was opened as a counterbalance, and train operation started by integrating the Akabane Line through this station, with the operating system named the Saikyo Line.
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東北新幹線の開業に伴い、見返りとして建設された武蔵浦和駅経由の通勤新線（東北本線支線）が開業し、当駅を介して赤羽線と一体化して列車を運行開始、運転系統名を埼京線（通称）とした。
1986
11月1日
The handling of freight was abolished.
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荷物の扱いを廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1988
3月30日
The station building "Alcard" opened.
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駅ビル「アルカード」が開業。
1990
This year, the station's elevated construction work began to eliminate chronic traffic congestion caused by the "unopened crossing" near the station.
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この年：駅付近の「開かずの踏切」による慢性的な交通障害を解消するため、駅の高架化工事を開始。
1990
11月21日
Arkas Akabane 2 opened.
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「アルカード赤羽2」が開業。
1998
4月19日
The up line of the Tōhoku Main Line was elevated.
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東北本線上り線が高架化。
1998
4月26日
The Tohoku Main Line's down track was elevated and the elevation work was completed, abolishing all "unmanned level crossings".
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東北本線下り線が高架化し、高架化事業が完了。「開かずの踏切」が全廃された。
1998
12月6日
The elevated track for the up line of the Tohoku Freight Line, which had been unfinished, was completed, and the Tohoku Freight Line near the station returned to double track for the first time in 20 years, with the current 5th line coming into use.
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未完成だった東北貨物線上り線用の高架が完成し、当駅付近の東北貨物線が20年ぶりに複線に復帰、現5番線の使用が開始される。
2001
11月18日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2003
4月24日
Arukādo Akabane Seikatsu Teian-kan opened for business.
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「アルカード赤羽 生活提案館」が開業。
2011
3月26日
Echika Akabane opened.
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「エキュート赤羽」が開業。
2011
9月23日
The north entrance concourse was renovated and expanded, and Echika Ikebukuro's counterpart, Ecute Akabane, fully opened.
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北口コンコースのリニューアル・拡張および「エキュート赤羽」が全面開業。
2014
11月13日
Arkas Akabane was renamed Beans Akabane and Arkas Akabane Seikatsu Teiankan was renamed Beans Terrace.
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「アルカード赤羽」が「ビーンズ赤羽」となり、「アルカード赤羽 生活提案館」は「ビーンズテラス」と命名される。
2017
3月25日
The use of platform doors began on the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms.
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京浜東北線ホームでホームドアの使用を開始。
2018
10月16日
On December 14, a demonstration experiment of an unmanned store using artificial intelligence was conducted on the platforms of tracks 5 and 6.
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12月14日：人工知能（AI）を使った無人売店の実証実験を5・6番線ホームで実施。
2018
11月16日
The departure melodies for tracks 5 and 6 were changed to a song by Elephant Kashimashi.
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5・6番線の発車メロディをエレファントカシマシの楽曲に変更。
2020
3月31日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2020
10月29日
The station-naka share office "STATION BOOTH" opened outside the south ticket gate.
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南改札外に駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION BOOTH」が開業。
2024
7月29日
Ekimae Kurabu Minami opened in the south gate concourse as "Ecute Akabane Minami" and Ekimae Kurabu in the north gate concourse area was renamed to "Ecute Akabane Kita".
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南口コンコースに「エキュート赤羽みなみ」が開業。北口コンコースエリアのエキュート赤羽は「エキュート赤羽きた」と改称。
2025
10月1日
The Ekinet Q-Chike service was started.
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えきねっとQチケのサービスを開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Departure Melodies
俺たちの明日
赤羽にゆかりのあるエレファントカシマシの楽曲。
今宵の月のように
赤羽にゆかりのあるエレファントカシマシの楽曲。
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (KEIHIN–TŌHOKU LINE)
1
Down
上野 · 東京 · 横浜
2
Up
川口 · 浦和 · 大宮
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Saikyō Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Takasaki Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
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→
Utsunomiya Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (SAIKYŌ LINE)
7
池袋 · 新宿 · 大崎
↕ Platform 7 serves this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Takasaki Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
Show 1 more transfer
→
Utsunomiya Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (SHŌNAN–SHINJUKU LINE)
5
Down
新宿 · 横浜 · 大船
6
Up
大宮 · 宇都宮 · 高崎
↕ Platforms 5, 6 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Saikyō Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Takasaki Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
Show 1 more transfer
→
Utsunomiya Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TAKASAKI LINE)
Platform assignment not documented for this line yet
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Saikyō Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
Show 1 more transfer
→
Utsunomiya Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (UTSUNOMIYA LINE)
4
Down
浦和 · 大宮 · 宇都宮
↕ Platform 4 serves this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Saikyō Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Shōnan–Shinjuku Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
Show 1 more transfer
→
Takasaki Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
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Akabane Station is served by Keihin–Tōhoku Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan–Shinjuku Line, Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line.