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Ryogoku Station
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1904
4月5日
The station opened as Ryogoku Bridge Station, the terminal of Sobu Railway, when the Sobu Railway line between Honjo and the station was completed, and also served as the terminal on the Tokyo side for Tobu Railway trains via the Kameido Line.
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総武鉄道本所 - 当駅間開通時に伴い、総武鉄道のターミナル駅両国橋駅として開業。また、東武鉄道の列車も亀戸線経由で当駅に乗り入れ、東京側のターミナルとした。
1904
9月1日
Freight operations began.
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貨物の営業を開始。
1906
8月19日
The section to Honjo was double-tracked.
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本所までの区間が複線化。
1907
9月1日
The station became a national railway station under the Railway Nationalization Act based on the nationalization of Sōbu Railway.
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総武鉄道の鉄道国有法に基づく国有化で、国有鉄道の駅となる。
1910
3月27日
The resumption of operations at Asakusa Station on the Tōbu Railway, now known as Tōkyō Skytree Station, led to the abolition of through trains operated by Tōbu Railway.
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東武鉄道の浅草駅（現在のとうきょうスカイツリー駅）の営業再開により、東武鉄道の列車の乗り入れを廃止。
1923
9月1日
The station was damaged in the Great Kanto Earthquake and the station building was destroyed by fire.
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関東大震災で被災し、駅舎が焼失。
1923
10月9日
The operation was resumed after restoring the damage from the earthquake.
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震災の被害を復旧し、運転を再開。
1929
12月30日
The current west entrance station building began to be used.
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現西口駅舎の使用を開始。
1931
10月1日
It was renamed Ryogoku Station.
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両国駅に改称。
1932
7月1日
The electric railway line to Ochanomizu Station was opened.
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御茶ノ水駅までの電車線が開業。
1958
7月10日
The semi-express "Inuboh" service began operation.
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準急「犬吠」の運転を開始。
1969
8月20日
The last steam locomotive-hauled passenger train, a JNR 221 series train from this station to Kazusa-Kappara, marked the final operation of a steam locomotive, after which all steam locomotive-hauled passenger trains within Tokyo's 23 wards were abolished, although freight trains continued to operate until the following fiscal year.
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当駅発勝浦行き客221レ蒸気機関車による最終運用。これを最後に東京都23区内発着の蒸気機関車牽引による客車列車が全廃（その後も貨物列車は翌年度まで存続）。
1969
10月1日
The handling of freight delivery was abolished.
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貨物配達の取り扱いを廃止。
1970
7月1日
Freight operations were abolished.
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貨物の営業を廃止。
1972
7月15日
The Soubu Main Line quadrupling and the opening of the Tokyo - Kinshicho section led to the start of Soubu Rapid Line operations.
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総武本線複々線化および東京 - 錦糸町間の開業により、総武快速線の運転開始。
1982
11月15日
With this timetable revision, express trains to the Bōsō region were completely abolished, and the number of trains departing from the station's platforms drastically decreased, with one round trip each of the limited express trains "Shiosai", "Ayame", and "Suigō" being established.
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この日のダイヤ改正により房総方面の急行が全廃され、当駅列車ホームを発車する列車が激減する。特急「しおさい」「あやめ」「すいごう」の各1往復が設定される。
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
The limited express trains "Shiosai" and "Suigou" ceased to operate, leaving only one round trip of the limited express train "Ayame" originating and terminating at Ryogoku.
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特急「しおさい」「すいごう」の乗り入れ終了、両国発着の特急はあやめ1往復のみとなる。
1991
3月16日
The limited express "Ayame" service ceased to stop, resulting in only the Sobu Line local trains stopping at the station.
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特急「あやめ」の乗り入れ終了。これにより、定期旅客列車では総武線各駅停車のみが停車する駅となる。
1996
8月2日
The old station building was renovated and Beer Station Ryogoku opened.
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旧駅舎を改装し、「ビヤステーション両国」が開業。
1998
It was selected for "Kanto's 100 Best Stations" with the selection reason being "a two-story reinforced concrete station building that represents the downtown area that has walked with sumo wrestling".
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「関東の駅百選」に選定される。選定理由は「鉄筋2階建ての駅舎で相撲とともに歩んだ下町の代表となる駅」。
2000
12月12日
The Toei Oedo Line station opened.
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都営大江戸線の駅が開業。
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。
2007
3月18日
The use of the IC card "PASMO" becomes available on the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation.
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東京都交通局でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2008
11月29日
The renovated platform for the train (No. 3 track) began operation.
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列車ホーム（3番線）の改修完了による使用を開始。
2010
3月12日
Newspaper transport trains ceased to enter the station and the 3rd platform no longer had regular train arrivals and departures.
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新聞輸送列車の乗り入れを終了。3番線ホームの定期列車の発着がなくなる。
2016
11月25日
The old station building was renovated and a complex dining facility called "-Ryogoku-Edo NOREN" opened.
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旧駅舎を再改装し、複合飲食施設「-両国-江戸NOREN」が開業。
2018
1月6日
The cycle train "BOSO BICYCLE BASE" departing from and arriving at the station began operation, and the use of the dedicated "B.B.BASE" passageway allowing direct access to platform 3 without going through the ticket gate from the road also started.
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当駅発着のサイクルトレイン「BOSO BICYCLE BASE」が運行開始。同時に道路から改札を通らずに当駅3番線へ直接向かえる「B.B.BASE」専用通路の使用を開始。
2020
7月16日
On September 30, in conjunction with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Toei Subway stations temporarily used the subsidiary name "Kokugikan" and a special approaching melody.
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9月30日：2020年東京オリンピック・パラリンピック開催に伴い、都営地下鉄の駅において副名称「国技館」および特別接近メロディ（『Make The Beat!』プロジェクトの「2020ビート」のアレンジ）を期間限定で使用。
2021
1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。
2021
3月1日
The east exit of JR East was unmanned all day due to the introduction of the station remote control system, now known as the Customer Support Call System.
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JR東日本の東口が駅遠隔操作システム（現・お客さまサポートコールシステム）導入に伴い、終日無人化。
2025
7月20日
JR East began using smart home doors.
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JR東日本でスマート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。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Departure Melodies
By line
Ōedo Line
B-line
Sunao na Kokoro
Sunao na Kokoro
Other direction's melody title unconfirmed.
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Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ–SŌBU LINE (LOCAL))
1
Down
秋葉原 · 新宿 · 中野
2
Up
錦糸町 · 市川 · 船橋
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Ōedo Line
Tokyo Metro
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (ŌEDO LINE)
1
飯田橋 · 都庁前
2
大門 · 六本木
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local)
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
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What train lines connect at Ryogoku Station?
Ryogoku Station is served by Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local), Ōedo Line.