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1889
1月16日
It opened as the terminus of the first Mito Railway Line, now the JR Mito Line, as a general station.
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水戸鉄道線（初代・現在のJR水戸線）の終点として開業。一般駅。
1890
11月26日
The Mito Railway Line was extended to Nakagawa freight handling facility, later Nakagawa Station.
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水戸鉄道線が那珂川貨物取扱所（後の那珂川駅）まで延伸。
1892
3月1日
The first Mito Railway was transferred to Nippon Railway.
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水戸鉄道（初代）が日本鉄道に営業譲渡。
1897
11月16日
A station on the Ōta Railway Line, now the Suigun Line, opened.
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太田鉄道線（現在の水郡線）の駅が開業。
1901
10月21日
Ōta Railway was transferred to the second Mito Railway.
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太田鉄道が水戸鉄道（2代目）に営業譲渡。
1903
The station building was rebuilt into its second-generation station building.
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駅舎改築（2代目駅舎）。
1906
11月1日
Nippon Railway was nationalized and became part of the government railway.
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日本鉄道が国有化され、官設鉄道の所属となる。
1909
10月12日
The line came under the Jōban Line due to the designation of line names.
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線路名称制定により常磐線の所属となる。
1914
5月20日
The station building was completely burned down due to a fire.
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火災により駅舎全焼。
1916
The third station building was opened for use.
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3代目駅舎供用開始。
1924
7月22日
The section between Yuubinkyoku-mae and Tozai-machi on the Suitou Densha, later the Suigun Line of JNR and then the Suigun Line of the Kashima Railway and finally the Waterfront Line of the Ibaraki Kotsu, opened, and the Suitou Densha established the Mito-eki-mae stop on the north side of Mito Station.
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水浜電車（後の茨城交通水浜線）郵便局前 - 東柵町間が開通し、水戸駅北側に水戸駅前電停を開設。
1927
12月1日
The second-generation Mito Railway was nationalized.
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水戸鉄道（2代目）が国有化。
1929
11月
In Ibaraki Prefecture, a large-scale military exercise was held, and from November 14 to 21, the Imperial train carrying the Showa Emperor repeatedly arrived and departed.
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茨城県下で陸軍特別大演習が行われる。11月14日から21日にかけて、昭和天皇乗車のお召し列車が発着を繰り返す。
1945
8月2日
The station building was completely burned down due to an air raid.
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空襲により駅舎全焼。
1946
The fourth-generation station building was opened for use.
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4代目駅舎供用開始。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道が発足。
1956
7月15日
The station building was rebuilt as a two-story reinforced concrete structure, the fifth generation of the station building.
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駅舎改築（鉄筋2階建て、5代目駅舎）。
1966
6月1日
The entire Suihin Line was abolished.
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水浜線全線廃止。
1974
9月1日
The Minami entrance was opened.
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南口が開設される。
1984
2月1日
The freight branch line to Nakagawa Freight Station, the Nakagawa Branch, was abolished.
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那珂川貨物駅への貨物支線（那珂川支線）が廃止。
1984
6月30日
The completion ceremony for the elevated station building was held.
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橋上駅舎化竣工式
1984
7月1日
The elevated station building was opened for use, which is the sixth version of the station building.
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橋上駅舎供用開始（6代目駅舎）。
1985
3月14日
The Kashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Line opened.
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鹿島臨海鉄道大洗鹿島線開業。
1985
3月24日
The first Mito Station building, "EXCEL", was opened at the north exit.
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北口に初の水戸駅ビル「EXCEL（エクセル）」をオープン。
1986
11月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物の取り扱いを廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the Japanese National Railways stations became stations of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
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国鉄分割民営化により、国鉄の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）・日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。
1990
1月15日
The use of departure melodies was started.
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発車メロディの使用を開始。
1995
10月19日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.
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自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。
1998
12月
Early in the month, the escalators on the Suigun Line platforms were put into service, with escalators installed on all platforms.
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上旬：水郡線ホームのエスカレーターを供用開始し、全ホームにエスカレーターが設置される。
2001
11月18日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East, but only on the Jōban Line.
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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる（常磐線のみ）。
2005
3月3日
The renovation work to expand and renew the station and Excel station building was completed.
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駅および駅ビルエクセルの増床リニューアル工事が完成。
2011
3月11日
The line suffered damage, including track distortion and partial destruction of platforms, due to the Tōhoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake.
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東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）により、線路のゆがみ、ホームの一部破損などの被害を受ける。
2011
3月31日
Operations resumed.
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営業再開。
2012
3月17日
The scheduled freight train stop was abolished and the Mito Off-Rail Station was opened, with container transport being converted to trucking.
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定期貨物列車の停車設定が廃止。水戸オフレールステーションが開設され、コンテナ輸送がトラック代行化される。
2014
4月1日
The use of the IC card "Suica" became possible on the Suigun Line, but only for getting on and off at Kamisugaya Station, Hitachi-Ota Station, Hitachi-Omiya Station, and Hitachi-Daigo Station.
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水郡線でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。ただし、上菅谷駅・常陸太田駅・常陸大宮駅・常陸大子駅での乗降のみ。
2020
3月31日
The operation of View Plaza ended, resulting in the withdrawal of View Plaza from the jurisdiction of the Mito Branch Office and Ibaraki Prefecture.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。水戸支社管内および茨城県内からはびゅうプラザが撤退となる。
2021
3月29日
The booth-type "STATION BOOTH" of the station-based shared office "STATION WORK" opened.
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駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION WORK」のブース型「STATION BOOTH」が開業。
2023
In the fall of 2023, to coincide with the Ibaraki Destination Campaign, station signs will be decorated with designs that take advantage of the region's characteristics, with Mito Station featuring a design with Kairakuen, Kobuntei, and plum blossoms as motifs.
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2023年秋に開催される「茨城デスティネーションキャンペーン」に合わせて、地域の特色を生かした駅名標に装飾される。水戸駅は、偕楽園及び好文亭、梅をモチーフにしたデザイン。水戸駅改札口前にはモニュメントも設置され、コンコース内の壁面のデザインも一部変更される。
2023
5月25日
Excel Minami partially opened at the south exit and had its grand opening on June 23.
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南口に「エクセルみなみ」が部分開業、6月23日にグランドオープン。
2025
9月19日
The departure melodies at all platforms were changed to the JRE-IKST series managed by JR East.
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全ホームの発車メロディーがJR東日本自社管理のJRE-IKSTシリーズに変更される。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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