東中野

Higashi-Nakano Station

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Higashi Nakano is a railway station in Tokyo.

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1906 6月14日

It opened as Kashiwagi Station on the Kobu Railway, operating only passenger services, with only the current east exit being opened.

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甲武鉄道の柏木駅(かしわぎえき)として開業。旅客営業のみを行う(現在の東口のみ開設)。

1906 10月1日

The station became a part of the government railway due to the nationalization of Kobu Railway.

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甲武鉄道の国有化により官設鉄道の駅となる。

1909 10月12日

The line came under the jurisdiction of the Central East Line, later known as the Central Main Line from 1911.

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線路名称制定により中央東線(1911年から中央本線)の所属となる。

1914 12月20日

Freight handling began.

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荷物扱いを開始。

1917 1月1日

It was renamed Higashi-Nakano Station.

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東中野駅に改称する。

1928

The east station building was renovated and the west exit was opened in response to the increase in passengers.

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乗客増に対応する為に東口駅舎を改修。西口を開設。

1949 6月1日

Japanese National Railways was established.

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日本国有鉄道発足。

1962

To alleviate congestion at the Kirigaya Crossing in front of Higashiguchi Station, which had become a closed crossing, an detour passage and pedestrian stairs were constructed 60m east, passing under the tracks.

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開かずの踏切となっていた東口駅前の桐ケ谷踏切の渋滞緩和策として、60m東側に線路下をくぐる迂回路と歩行者用階段を建設。

1984 2月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

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荷物の取り扱いを廃止する。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of JNR, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道(JR東日本)の駅となる。

1988 12月5日

A collision accident occurred within the station premises where one train rear-ended another, the Toshinoma Station train collision accident, resulting in 2 fatalities, prompting the acceleration of ATS-P type maintenance in the JR metropolitan area.

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駅構内で列車同士が追突する事故(東中野駅列車追突事故)が発生し、2名が死亡する。この事故が契機となって、JR首都圏地域ではATS-P型の整備を促進することになった。

1991 9月21日

Automatic ticket gates were installed.

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自動改札機を設置。

1997 12月19日

Toei Subway Line 12's station opens.

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都営地下鉄12号線の駅が開業する。

2000 4月20日

The Toei Subway Line 12 was renamed the Toei Oedo Line.

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都営地下鉄12号線が大江戸線に名称変更される。

2001 11月18日

IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.

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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。

2007 3月18日

The use of the IC card "PASMO" becomes available on the Toei Subway.

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都営地下鉄でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。

2012 8月31日

The commercial facility Atre Vie Higashi-Nakano opened for business.

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商業施設「アトレヴィ東中野」が開業。

2015 3月1日

The Nishiguchi Station front plaza was completed.

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西口駅前広場が完成。

2018 3月20日

JR East's west exit was outsourced, and the station became an outsourced station as a result.

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JR東日本の西口が業務委託化。これに伴い業務委託駅となる。

2019 3月1日

JR East's east exit was unmanned all day due to the introduction of the Station Remote Control System, now known as the Customer Support Call System.

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JR東日本の東口が駅遠隔操作システム(現・お客さまサポートコールシステム)導入に伴い終日無人化。

2023 12月16日

JR East began using smart home doors.

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JR東日本でスマート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
Ōedo Line
B-line
Sunao na Kokoro
Other direction's melody title unconfirmed.
Landmarks
Residential Area
Accessibility
Standard Access

Getting around

Platforms, transfers and navigation
Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ LINE (RAPID))
Platform assignment not documented for this line yet
PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ–SŌBU LINE (LOCAL))
1 Down
中野 · 三鷹
2 Up
新宿 · 御茶ノ水 · 千葉
Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
PLATFORM LAYOUT (ŌEDO LINE)
1
六本木 · 大門
2
練馬 · 光が丘
Platforms 1, 2 serve this line

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Higashi-Nakano Station FAQ

What train lines connect at Higashi-Nakano Station?

Higashi-Nakano Station is served by Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local), Ōedo Line.