Nakano Station (中野駅) is an elevated station in Nakano, Tokyo, run by East Japan Railway Company and Tokyo Metro. It serves the Tōzai Line, Chūō Line (Rapid) and Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local), and it opened on 11 April 1889.
History
The station opened on 11 April 1889 as a Kobu Railway station, when the Shinjuku to Tachikawa section opened. It handled passengers and freight from the start. The first station building stood about 100 m west of the current one. The station was first planned for the current site of Nakano-Sakaue Station. On 21 August 1904, electric trains began running between Iida-chō Station and this station. On 1 October 1906, the Kobu Railway was nationalized and the station became a station on the government railway. On 12 October 1909, the line was placed under the Chūō East Line, which was called the Chūō Main Line from 1911.
In 1929, the station moved to its current site. At that time, Nakano-dori, the road to its west, was dug down so that traffic could pass north and south. On 1 June 1949, Japanese National Railways was established. On 16 May 1963, freight handling was abolished. On 20 September 1964, a platform with two tracks for rapid trains was added. In 1966, the platforms were rebuilt for the Tōzai Line. Before that, platforms 1 and 2 were for Chūō Line local trains, and platforms 3 and 4 were for Chūō Line rapid trains. To build new platforms 5 to 8, the freight facilities and the north exit plaza were made smaller. The rapid service was moved, and platforms 3 and 4 were changed for Tōzai Line use. On 16 March 1966, the Tōzai Line station of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) opened.
On 1 November 1986, parcel handling was abolished. On 31 March 1987, freight handling resumed, but only for transporting vehicles. There were no regular freight trains. On 1 April 1987, Japanese National Railways was split up and privatized. The Chūō Main Line stations became stations of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). On 17 March 1992, automatic ticket gates were installed and began operating.
On 18 November 2001, the IC card Suica became usable on JR East. On 1 April 2004, when the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) was privatized, its Tōzai Line stations passed to Tokyo Metro. On 18 March 2007, the IC card PASMO became usable on Tokyo Metro.
On 31 August 2019, View Plaza stopped operating. On 25 June 2024, the NAKANO stand opened at the south entrance. It combines a Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket counter with a NewDays convenience store. On 20 September 2025, platform doors began to be used on platforms 3 and 4, which are Tōzai Line platforms. In 2026, slit-frame platform doors were planned to start within the fiscal year on JR East platforms 1, 2 and 5, for the Chūō and Sōbu local trains. On 5 June 2026, smart home doors began to be used on JR East platforms 6 and 8, for the Chūō Line Rapid Service.
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