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1889
4月11日
The station opened as a station on Kobu Railway with the simultaneous opening of the Shinjuku Station - Tachikawa Station section, starting handling of passengers and freight, and was initially located about 100m west of the current station building, with original plans calling for it to open at the current location of Nakano-Sakaue Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
新宿駅 - 立川駅間開通と同時に甲武鉄道の駅として開業。旅客および貨物の取り扱いを開始。現在の駅舎の位置より100mほど西側にあった。当初は現在の中野坂上駅の位置に開業する予定であった。
1904
8月21日
Electric train operation began between Iida-chō Station and this station.
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飯田町駅 - 当駅間で電車運転開始。
1906
10月1日
With the nationalization of Kobu Railway, it became a station on the government 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。
1929
The station was relocated to its current site, and at that time, the current road to the west of the station, Nakano-dori, was lowered to allow for north-south passage.
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現在地に移転。その際、現在の駅の西側にある通り（中野通り）を掘り下げ、南北の通行を可能にした。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道発足。
1963
5月16日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1964
9月20日
An additional island platform with two tracks for rapid service was added.
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快速線用ホーム1面2線を増設。
1966
Before the opening of the Tozai Line, the current platforms 1 and 2 were the Chuo Line local platforms and platforms 3 and 4 were the Chuo Line rapid platforms, but with the construction of the Tozai Line, the freight facilities and north exit plaza on the north side were reduced in size to build new platforms 5-8, the Chuo Line rapid service was relocated, and platforms 3 and 4 were converted for use by the Tozai Line.
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東西線開業前は、現在の1・2番線が中央線（各駅停車）ホーム、3・4番線が中央線（快速）ホームであった。東西線建設に伴い、北側の貨物設備と北口広場を縮小して5・6、7・8番線ホームを新設し、中央線（快速）を移設させ、3・4番線ホームを東西線用に転用した。
1966
3月16日
A Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) subway station on the Tozai Line opened.
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営団地下鉄東西線の駅が開業。
1986
11月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1987
3月31日
Freight handling was resumed, although there were no scheduled freight trains, limited to vehicle transport only.
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貨物の取り扱いを再開。ただし、車両輸送に限り定期貨物列車の設定はない。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the stations on the Chuo Main Line 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、中央本線の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）と日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。
1992
3月17日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and began operation.
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自動改札機を設置し、使用開始。
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 Rapid Transit Authority, the stations on the Tozai 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、東西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
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。
2019
8月31日
In 2019, the operation of View Plaza was terminated.
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（令和元年）：びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2024
1月31日
Tokyo Metro ended handling of its commuter passes.
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東京メトロの定期乗車券の取扱を終了。
2024
6月25日
The NAKANO stand, an integrated facility combining a Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket counter and a NewDays convenience store, opened at the south entrance.
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南口に、みどりの窓口とNewDaysが一体となった「NAKANO stand」が開業。
2025
9月20日
The use of platform doors began on the Tokyo Metro's Lines 3 and 4 (Tozai Line) platforms.
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東京メトロの3・4番線（東西線）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.
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JR東日本でえきねっとQチケのサービスを開始。
2026
Within the fiscal year, the use of slit-frame platform doors is scheduled to start on the JR East 1, 2, and 5 platform lines for the Chuo and Sobu local trains.
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年度内：JR東日本の1・2・5番線（中央・総武線各駅停車）ホームでスリットフレームホームドアの使用を開始（予定）。
2026
6月5日
The use of smart home doors began on the JR East 6 and 8 platform lines (Chuo Line Rapid Service).
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JR東日本の6・8番線（中央線快速）ホームでスマートホームドアの使用を開始 。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ LINE (RAPID))
6
Down
武蔵小金井 · 立川 · 高尾
7
Up
新宿 · 東京
↕ Platforms 6, 7 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Tōzai Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ–SŌBU LINE (LOCAL))
1・2
Up
東中野 · 新宿 · 千葉
3
Down
高円寺 · 荻窪 · 三鷹
5
Up
東中野 · 新宿 · 千葉
↕ Platforms 1, 2, 3, 5 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
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Chūō Line (Rapid)
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Tōzai Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TŌZAI LINE)
3・4・5
大手町 · 西船橋 · 東葉勝田台
↕ Platforms 3, 4, 5 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
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Chūō Line (Rapid)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
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Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
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What train lines connect at Nakano Station?
Nakano Station is served by Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local), Tōzai Line.