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16 Events
1925
11月1日
The station opened as a station on the Ministry of Railways Tohoku Main Line (electric line).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
鉄道省・東北本線（電車線）の駅として開業。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本国有鉄道が発足。
1958
4月10日
The handling of freight was abolished.
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荷物の扱いを廃止。
1958
7月1日
Minami-guchi was opened.
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南口を開設。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1988
3月13日
With the start of rapid service on the Keihin-Tohoku Line, the Keihin-Tohoku Line passes through during the day, except during the year-end and New Year holidays when a special timetable is in place with all trains making all stops, including at this station.
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京浜東北線の快速運転開始に伴い、日中は京浜東北線が通過するようになる（繁忙期となる年末年始には快速運転中止・全列車各駅停車となる特別ダイヤが設定され、当駅にも全列車が停車する）。
1990
1月22日
A road surface collapse accident occurred on Kasuga Street under the elevated structure north of the station, which is believed to have been caused by the intentional reduction of soil solidification agents using the shield method during the construction of the First Ueno Tunnel of the Tohoku Shinkansen, resulting in 17 injuries, including a car falling into the resulting hole.
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駅北側高架下の春日通りの路面が陥没する事故が発生。東北新幹線の第1上野トンネル工事の際、シールド工法の地盤硬化剤の意図的な削減（手抜き）によるものとされる。陥没でできた穴に自動車が転落するなど、17名が負傷した。
1990
12月8日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the north exit.
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北口に自動改札機を設置。
1990
12月22日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the south entrance.
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南口に自動改札機を設置。
2001
11月18日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2014
5月10日
The use of platform doors began on platforms 2 and 3, the Yamanote Line platforms.
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2・3番線（山手線ホーム）でホームドアの使用を開始。
2015
3月14日
With this timetable revision, the rapid service on the Keihin-Tohoku Line began making stops on Saturdays and holidays, including the year-end and New Year period, and the suspension of rapid service during the year-end and New Year period was also abolished.
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この日のダイヤ改正に伴い、土曜・休日ダイヤ（年末年始期間含む）に限り、京浜東北線の快速が停車するようになる。(同時に年末年始の快速運転休止も廃止される）。
2018
12月12日
Platform screen doors began operating on platforms 1 and 4, the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms.
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1・4番線（京浜東北線ホーム）でホームドアの使用を開始。
2020
3月1日
Operations were outsourced.
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業務委託化。
2021
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。
2025
10月1日
The Ekinet Q-Chike service was started.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
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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PLATFORM LAYOUT (KEIHIN–TŌHOKU LINE)
1
Down
秋葉原 · 東京 · 品川
4
Up
上野 · 田端 · 大宮
↕ Platforms 1, 4 serve this line
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Yamanote Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (YAMANOTE LINE)
2
Down
秋葉原 · 東京 · 品川
3
Up
上野 · 田端 · 池袋
↕ Platforms 2, 3 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
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