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Station History & Timeline
15 Events
1932
7月1日
A station on the Sōbu Main Line opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
総武本線の駅が開業。
1960
12月4日
The Toei Subway Line 1 station opened and became a transfer station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
都営地下鉄1号線の駅が開業、乗り換え駅となる。
1963
4月22日
The Japanese National Railways east entrance station building was completed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄の東口駅舎が完成。
1978
7月1日
The Toei Subway Line 1 was renamed the Asakusa Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
都営地下鉄1号線を浅草線に改称。
1985
11月29日
Chūkaku-ha supporters of the JNR Chiba Motive Power Union, opposing the JNR privatization, caused disturbances including occupying and setting fire to stations, resulting in the JNR lines being unable to handle passengers all day, while the Toei Asakusa Line operated normally.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄千葉動力車労働組合を支持する中核派が国鉄分割民営化に反対して駅を占拠・放火するなどの騒乱が発生。当日は国鉄線側が終日客扱いが不能となった（→国電同時多発ゲリラ事件）。なお、都営浅草線は平常通り運行していた。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化に伴い、国鉄の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
2001
11月18日
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2006
4月1日
The west exit of JR East was outsourced.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本の西口が業務委託化。
2007
3月18日
The use of the IC card "PASMO" becomes available on the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東京都交通局でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2016
3月26日
JR East began using the west entrance elevator.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本の西口エレベーターの使用を開始。
2016
4月1日
The west entrance of JR East is unmanned in the early morning.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本の西口が早朝無人化。
2018
7月1日
The east entrance of JR East was outsourced, and the station became an outsourced station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本の東口が業務委託化。これに伴い、業務委託駅となる。
2021
1月31日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2021
4月26日
The use of platform doors began on the Sōbu Line platforms.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
総武線ホームにてホームドアの使用を開始。
2025
10月1日
JR East started the Eki-net Q-Chike service.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本でえきねっと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
By line
Asakusa Line
B-line
Sunao na Kokoro
Sunao na Kokoro
Uniform network-wide since 2019; Sengakuji and Oshiage kept their prior sound for through-service coordination with Keikyu/Tobu. Other direction's melody title unconfirmed.
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Getting around
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Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ–SŌBU LINE (LOCAL))
1
Down
秋葉原 · 新宿 · 中野
2
Up
錦糸町 · 市川 · 船橋
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Asakusa Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (ASAKUSA LINE)
1
西馬込 · 羽田空港 · 京急線
2
押上 · 京成線 · 北総線
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
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