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Station History & Timeline
27 Events
1895
3月6日
The station opened as a station on the Kobu Railway and initially only handled passenger traffic.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
甲武鉄道の駅として開業。当初は旅客営業のみ。
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。
1942
4月1日
Freight handling began.
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荷物の取り扱いを開始。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道発足。
1960
5月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物の取り扱いを廃止。
1974
10月30日
A station on the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Yurakucho Line opened, and with the automation of ticket gates at the terminal stations, including Ikebukuro Station and Ginza-itchome Station, magnetic tickets were sold from the start at automatic ticket vending machines.
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帝都高速度交通営団（営団地下鉄）有楽町線の駅が開業。両端駅（池袋駅・銀座一丁目駅）の自動改札化に伴い、自動券売機では、開業当初から磁気化券が発売された。
1979
1月13日
A Japanese National Railways station was rebuilt and the 1st floor station area began operation.
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国鉄の駅が改築され、そのうち1階駅部のみ使用を開始。
1979
7月17日
The Japanese National Railways station fully opened as a two-story steel-framed "Epo Shirokane" with a Midori-no-Madoguchi also opening at the same time.
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国鉄の駅が鉄骨二階建ての「エポ市ケ谷」として全面開業。みどりの窓口も同時に開設。
1980
3月16日
A Toei Subway Shinjuku Line station opened.
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都営地下鉄新宿線の駅が開業。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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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。
1990
12月22日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at JR East stations.
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JR東日本の駅に自動改札機を設置。
1994
3月26日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the transfer gates between JR East and Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan).
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JR東日本と営団の連絡改札口に自動改札機を設置。
1995
6月25日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the transfer gates between JR East and Toei Subway.
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JR東日本と都営地下鉄の連絡改札口に自動改札機を設置。
1996
3月26日
Teito Rapid Transit Authority's Namboku Line stations opened.
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営団地下鉄南北線の駅が開業。
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。
2004
4月1日
With the privatization of Teito Kōsoku Denki Tetsudō (Eidan Subway), the stations on the Yurakucho Line and Namboku Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro.
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帝都高速度交通営団（営団地下鉄）民営化に伴い、有楽町線・南北線の駅は東京地下鉄（東京メトロ）に継承される。
2007
3月18日
The IC card "PASMO" becomes available for use on Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway.
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東京メトロ・都営地下鉄でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2011
10月15日
The use of platform doors began on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line.
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東京メトロ有楽町線でホームドアの使用を開始。
2013
3月16日
Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway implemented a transfer service through ticket gates.
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東京メトロと都営地下鉄との改札通過サービスを実施。
2015
3月10日
The departure melodies on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line platforms were changed.
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東京メトロ南北線ホームの発車メロディを変更。
2015
4月1日
The Toei Subway Ichigaya Station Operations Management Office was abolished and integrated into the Tochōmae Station Operations Management Office.
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都営地下鉄市ヶ谷駅務管理所が廃止、都庁前駅務管理所に統合される。
2021
3月6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。
2021
5月31日
The Toei Transportation regular ticket sales office ceased operations.
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都営交通の定期券売り場が営業終了。
2022
2月28日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2024
8月21日
A guerrilla downpour caused flooding from Tokyo Metro Exit 6, with the area around the ticket gates becoming submerged.
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ゲリラ豪雨により東京メトロ6番出入口から浸水。改札口周辺が冠水した。
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
common
電車でウキウキ
明るい水辺
オアシス
By line
Namboku Line
A-line
Akarui Mizube
Akarui Mizube
B-line
Oasis
Oasis
Shinjuku Line
B-line
Sunao na Kokoro
Sunao na Kokoro
Other direction's melody title unconfirmed.
Yūrakuchō Line
A-line
common
common
B-line
Densha de Ukiuki
Densha de Ukiuki
Landmarks
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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
新宿 · 中野 · 三鷹
2
Up
御茶ノ水 · 両国 · 千葉
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Namboku Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
→
Shinjuku Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
→
Yūrakuchō Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (NAMBOKU LINE)
3
赤羽岩淵 · 浦和美園
4
目黒
↕ Platforms 3, 4 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Shinjuku Line
Tokyo Metro
2 min
Easy
→
Yūrakuchō Line
Tokyo Metro
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (SHINJUKU LINE)
1
新宿 · 京王線
2
本八幡
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Namboku Line
Tokyo Metro
2 min
Easy
→
Yūrakuchō Line
Tokyo Metro
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (YŪRAKUCHŌ LINE)
1
新木場
2
和光市 · 森林公園 · 飯能
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Namboku Line
Tokyo Metro
2 min
Easy
→
Shinjuku Line
Tokyo Metro
2 min
Easy
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What train lines connect at Ichigaya Station?
Ichigaya Station is served by Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local), Namboku Line, Shinjuku Line, Yūrakuchō Line.