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31 Events
1904
12月31日
The station opened as a Kōbu Railway station simultaneously with the opening of the section between this station and Iidabashi Station, located on the Shinjuku side of Ochanomizu Bridge, and handled only passenger operations.
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当駅 - 飯田町駅間開通と同時に甲武鉄道の駅として御茶ノ水橋の新宿寄りに開業。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 under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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鉄道国有法による甲武鉄道の国有化に伴い、官設鉄道の駅となる。
1908
4月19日
The section between Shinjuku Bridge Station and this station opened.
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昌平橋駅 - 当駅間が開通。
1908
10月12日
The station became part of the Japanese National Railways Chuo Main Line due to the designation of national railway line names.
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国有鉄道線路名称制定により、中央本線の駅となる。
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。
1923
9月1日
The old station building was partially destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake, but was temporarily restored and continued to be used, while the area around Ochanomizu suffered facility damage, including landslides.
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関東大震災により旧駅舎の一部が焼失したが、応急復旧して継続使用。御茶ノ水付近は崖の崩落を含む施設被害を受ける。
1932
7月1日
The station was relocated to its current location with a new station building designed by Tsutomu Ito incorporating Modernism, and the Sobu Main Line connecting to Ryogoku was extended to the station.
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現在地に伊藤滋が「モダニズム」を取り入れて設計した新駅舎に移転。両国と結ぶ総武本線が乗り入れ。
1933
9月15日
The quadrupling of the Ochanomizu - Iidabashi section was completed and Central Line express electric train service, now known as the Central Rapid Line, began operation.
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御茶ノ水 - 飯田町間複々線化完成、中央線急行電車（現在の中央快速線）運転開始。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道発足。
1954
1月20日
The Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) Marunouchi Line station opened simultaneously with the opening of the section between Ikebukuro Station and the current station.
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池袋駅 - 当駅間の開通と同時に帝都高速度交通営団（営団地下鉄）丸ノ内線の駅が開業。
1960
5月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1968
7月16日
A rear-end collision occurred on track 1 of a Japanese National Railways station at around 22:30.
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22時30分頃、国鉄の駅の1番線において追突事故発生。
1972
7月15日
With the opening of the Sōbu Rapid Line, it became the terminal station of the Sōbu Main Line branch line from the starting point of the Sōbu Main Line.
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総武快速線の開業に伴い、総武本線の起点駅から総武本線支線の終点駅となる。
1978
1月
The Seikyōguchi station building was rebuilt as a two-story steel-framed structure.
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聖橋口駅舎を鉄骨造2階建てに改築。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the JNR station became an East Japan Railway Company (JR East) station, and at the same time, a temporary exit-only ticket gate was opened on the east side of the Sei-bashi entrance, initially used only from 8:00 to 9:15, excluding Sundays and holidays.
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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。同時に聖橋口の東側に出口専用の臨時改札口が開設される。開設当初は日曜祝日を除く8時00分 から9時15分のみ使用。
1991
8月22日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and began operation at the Ochanomizu-bashi entrance of JR East.
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JR東日本のお茶の水橋口に自動改札機を設置し、使用開始。
1992
10月27日
JR East installed automatic ticket gates at its temporary ticket gates and began using them.
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JR東日本の臨時改札口に自動改札機を設置し、使用開始。
1992
12月3日
JR East installed automatic ticket gates at the Sei-bashi entrance and began using them.
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JR東日本の聖橋口に自動改札機を設置し、使用開始。
1993
11月4日
The Teito Rapid Transit Authority ticket counter was closed due to its relocation within Tokyo Station and was replaced by an automated ticket vending machine for commuter passes.
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営団地下鉄の定期券うりばが東京駅構内へ移転のため閉鎖。代替措置として継続定期券発売機を導入。
1999
The JR East station was selected as one of the Kanto's 100 best stations, with the selection reason being "a historic and rustic station with a view of the venerable Sei Bridge and the Kandagawa River from the platform".
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JR東日本の駅が関東の駅百選に選定される。選定理由は「ホームから歴史のある聖橋や神田川と緑をあおぐ由緒ある素朴な駅」。
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 (Eidan), the stations on the Marunouchi 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、丸ノ内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 use of the IC card "PASMO" becomes available on the Tokyo Metro.
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東京地下鉄でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2019
1月29日
JR East stations began using elevators and escalators to connect the ticket gates and platforms.
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JR東日本の駅で改札階とホームを連絡するエレベーターとエスカレーターの使用を開始。
2020
3月14日
As of this day, the Chuo and Sobu local trains operate direct through services all day, resulting in no more trains terminating at this station, except for the last two trains terminating and the first two trains originating at this station.
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この日より中央・総武線各駅停車が終日直通運転となる。これに伴い、当駅折り返し列車がなくなる（最終の当駅止まり2本、翌朝の当駅始発2本を除く）。
2023
12月3日
The new Shinjuku Bridge station building began operation and the Ekini commercial facility Ecute Shinjuku Bridge edition Ochanomizu opened.
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新しい聖橋口駅舎の使用を開始。エキナカ商業施設「エキュートエディション御茶ノ水」が開業。
2024
9月26日
The use of platform doors began on the JR East 2nd and 3rd platform lines for the Central and Sobu local trains.
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JR東日本の2・3番線（中央・総武線各駅停車）ホームでホームドアの使用を開始。
2025
3月31日
The full use of Sei-bashi-guchi Station plaza functions began.
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聖橋口駅前広場機能の全面使用開始。
2025
5月14日
The Ekibin commercial facility "Ecute Edition Ochanomizu" fully opened.
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エキナカ商業施設「エキュートエディション御茶ノ水」が全面開業。
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
JR East will start using platform screen doors with a slitted frame on the Platform 1 and 4 (Chuo Rapid Line) at the station.
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度：JR東日本の1・4番線（中央線快速）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）。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ LINE (RAPID))
1
Down
新宿 · 立川 · 八王子
4
Up
神田 · 東京
↕ Platforms 1, 4 serve this line
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→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
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Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ–SŌBU LINE (LOCAL))
2
Down
水道橋 · 飯田橋 · 市ケ谷
3
Up
秋葉原 · 錦糸町 · 船橋
↕ Platforms 2, 3 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō Line (Rapid)
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Marunouchi Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (MARUNOUCHI LINE)
1
荻窪 · 方南町
2
池袋
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
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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Ochanomizu Station is served by Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local), Marunouchi Line.