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Oji Station

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1883 7月28日

It was opened simultaneously with the opening of the Ueno - Kumagaya section of Nippon Railway and is one of the oldest stations on the current Tohoku Main Line.

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日本鉄道の上野 - 熊谷間の開業と同時に開設。現在の東北本線で最も古い駅の一つ。

1906 11月1日

The railway was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act.

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鉄道国有法により、国有化。

1909 10月12日

The line designation was established, and it became part of the Tōhoku Main Line.

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線路名称の制定により、東北本線の所属となる。

1915 4月17日

With the opening of the Oji - Asukayama section of the Oji Electric Tramway, Oji Station opened, located at that time as the starting point on the south side of the Tohoku Main Line.

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王子電気軌道の王子 - 飛鳥山間の開業に伴い、王子停留場が開業。当時は起点で、東北本線の南側に位置していた。

1925 11月12日

The Ōji Electric Tramway's Sakae-chō to Ōji segment opened.

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王子電気軌道の栄町 - 王子間が開業。

1928

At an unknown time, Ōji Electric Tramway's Ōji stop was relocated and renamed Ōji-eki-mae stop.

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時期不詳:王子電気軌道の王子停留場が移転し、王子駅前停留場に改称。

1928 2月1日

The Keihin Line, now the Keihin-Tohoku Line, extended its operating range to Akabane Station and also became a stopping station, while the Tohoku Main Line became a passing line.

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京浜線(現・京浜東北線)が赤羽駅まで運行区間を延長し、同時に停車駅となる。また、東北本線は通過するようになった。

1932 12月1日

The Ōji Electric Tramway's section between Ōji Station-mae and Ōji Yanada opened, with Ōji Station-mae stop becoming a junction point.

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王子電気軌道の王子駅前 - 王子柳田間が開業し、王子駅前停留場は分岐点となる。

1942 2月1日

With the transfer of Oji Electric Tramway's operations to Tokyo City, the Oji-eki-mae stop became a stop on the Tokyo City Tram Arakawa Line to Sakamachi, the Takinogawa Line to Asukayama, and the Akabane Line to Oji-Yanagi.

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王子電気軌道の東京市への事業譲渡により、王子駅前停留場が東京市電荒川線(栄町方面)・滝野川線(飛鳥山方面、後に荒川線に統合)・赤羽線(王子柳田方面)の停留場となる。

1943 7月1日

The implementation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government led to the transformation of Tokyo City Tramway into Tokyo Metropolitan Tramway, or Toei.

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東京都制の施行に伴い、東京市電が東京都電車(都電)となる。

1944

The Takiyokawa Line's operations were suspended due to wartime conditions.

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戦時体制により滝野川線の営業を休止。

1946 7月10日

The Takinogawa Line resumed operation.

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滝野川線の営業を再開。

1961 6月16日

The station building was relocated and rebuilt.

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駅舎が移転改築。

1966 3月

Due to a construction mistake made in 1966 during the Japanese National Railways era, in which the piping of the toilet installed at the south entrance was connected to a rainwater drain, it was discovered that wastewater had been discharged into the nearby Shakujii River for over 40 years.

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国鉄時代の1966年に南口に設置したトイレの配管を雨水管に接続する工事ミスによって、汚水を近くの石神井川に40年以上垂れ流していたことが発覚した。これを受け、仮設トイレの設置と中央口にある正規の下水管への接続工事に着手。翌4月に工事完了。

1966 12月19日

A point failure occurred at Ōji-eki-mae stop on the Toden Arakawa Line, causing a streetcar to stall.

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都電荒川線の王子駅前停留場で分岐器故障が発生し、電車が立ち往生する。

1972 11月12日

The Toden Akabane Line was abolished.

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都電赤羽線が廃止。

1982 2月15日

Freight handling was abolished.

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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。

1985 3月14日

The handling of freight was abolished.

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荷物の扱いを廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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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。

1991 11月29日

The Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) Namboku Line opened, becoming a transfer station.

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帝都高速度交通営団(営団地下鉄)南北線開業、乗換駅となる。

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 Nanboku Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro.

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帝都高速度交通営団(営団地下鉄)の民営化に伴い、南北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。

2010 12月29日

Due to a switch failure at Oji-eki-mae Station, reversing at this stop was suspended until January 31, 2010, and normal operations resumed on February 1.

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王子駅前停留場の分岐器故障を受け、翌2010年1月31日まで当停留場での折り返しを中止する(2月1日から通常ダイヤに復帰)。

2015 3月13日

Tokyo Metro changed the departure melodies on its platforms.

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東京メトロのホームの発車メロディを変更。

2018 2月20日

JR East began using platform doors.

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JR東日本でホームドアの使用を開始。

2018 3月30日

Byū Plaza ended its operations.

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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。

2022 10月31日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

2022 11月1日

Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.

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話せる指定席券売機を導入。

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。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Oji Station is served by Keihin–Tōhoku Line, Namboku Line.