錦糸町
Kinshicho Station
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1894
12月9日
The station opened as Honjo Station on the Sobu Railway in Kinshi-cho, Honjo Ward.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
総武鉄道の本所駅（ほんじょえき）として本所区錦糸町に開業。
1895
The Sōbu Railway established the Honjo Factory and Honjo Locomotive Depot within the station premises.
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総武鉄道本所工場および本所機関庫を駅構内に開設。
1907
9月1日
The railway was nationalized after being purchased under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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鉄道国有法により買収され、国有化。
1915
5月1日
It was renamed Kinshichō Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
錦糸町駅に改称。
1915
5月11日
The Honjo Factory and Honjo Locomotive Depot were respectively renamed the Kinshicho Factory and Kinshicho Locomotive Depot.
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本所工場と本所機関庫をそれぞれ錦糸町工場と錦糸町機関庫に改称。
1923
9月1日
The Kantō earthquake left it in a state of destruction, and afterwards the factory and engine house were relocated to Shin-Koiwa Yard, now Shin-Koiwa Signal Field Station.
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関東大震災により、壊滅状態となる。その後、工場と機関庫は新小岩操車場（現・新小岩信号場駅）に移転。
1945
3月10日
It was completely burned down due to the Great Tokyo Air Raid.
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東京大空襲により、全焼。
1961
11月25日
Minami-guchi Station building's station office section began operation.
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南口駅ビルの駅務部分を使用開始。
1961
11月28日
The station building "Eki-Biru Kinshicho" (now Termina) opened at the south entrance.
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南口に駅ビル「駅ビルきんし町」（現・テルミナ）が開業する。
1967
10月1日
The Tokyo Nisshan Chemical dedicated line and the Shell Oil dedicated line were abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東京日産化学専用線およびシェル石油専用線が廃止。
1972
7月15日
With the opening of the Sōbu Rapid Line between Tokyo and Kinshichō, it became a transfer station between the Sōbu Local Line and the Sōbu Rapid Line.
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総武快速線東京 - 錦糸町間開業に伴い、総武緩行線と総武快速線の乗換駅となる。
1980
5月30日
Ragāru, now known as Termina 2, opened at the north exit.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
北口に「らがーる」（現・テルミナ2）が開業する。
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。
1993
3月13日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the north exit.
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北口に自動改札機を設置。
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。
2003
3月19日
The Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan Subway) Hanzomon Line station opened and transfer operations between Eidan Subway and JR East began.
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帝都高速度交通営団（営団地下鉄）半蔵門線の駅が開業。営団地下鉄・JR東日本の乗換業務を開始。
2003
7月23日
Termina West Wing opened.
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テルミナウエストウィングが開業する。
2004
4月1日
With the privatization of Teito Rapid Transit Authority, the stations on the Hanzomon Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro.
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営団地下鉄の民営化に伴い、半蔵門線の駅が東京地下鉄（東京メトロ）に継承される。
2007
3月18日
IC card "PASMO" becomes available for use on Tokyo Metro.
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東京メトロでICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2016
2月2日
The JR North Gate Midori-no-Madoguchi ended its operations.
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JR北口のみどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2017
4月27日
The first floor of JR Minami-guchi's "Termina" was renovated and reopened, and the station building's exterior was also revamped.
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JR南口の「テルミナ」1階がリニューアルオープンし、それに伴い駅ビル外装が改装される。
2018
9月13日
Hanzomon Line stations introduced departure melodies.
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半蔵門線の駅に発車メロディを導入。
2020
9月30日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2021
4月3日
The use of platform doors began on the Sobu Line local train platform.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
総武線（各駅停車）ホームで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
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A-line
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B-line
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Getting around
Platforms, transfers and navigation
Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ–SŌBU LINE (LOCAL))
1
Down
秋葉原 · 新宿 · 中野
2
Up
新小岩 · 市川 · 船橋
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Hanzōmon Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
→
Sobumain Line
Transit
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (HANZŌMON LINE)
1
渋谷 · 長津田 · 中央林間
2
押上〈スカイツリー前〉 · 久喜 · 南栗橋
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Sobumain Line
Transit
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (SŌBU LINE (RAPID))
3
Up
馬喰町 · 東京 · 横浜
4
Down
船橋 · 津田沼 · 千葉
↕ Platforms 3, 4 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Kinshicho Station?
Kinshicho Station is served by Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local), Hanzōmon Line, Sōbu Line (Rapid).