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28 Events
1904
8月21日
The station opened as a station on the Kobu Railway and initially only handled passenger operations.
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甲武鉄道の駅として開設。当初は旅客営業のみ。
1906
10月1日
With the nationalization of Kobu Railway, it became a station under the Ministry of Communications.
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甲武鉄道国有化により逓信省の駅となる。
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。
1914
12月20日
Freight handling began.
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荷物の取扱開始。
1924
The second-generation station building was completed.
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2代目駅舎が完成。
1945
5月18日
The station building was completely burned down in the Great Tokyo Air Raid.
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東京大空襲により駅舎が全焼。
1945
12月
A wooden barrack-style station building was constructed.
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木造バラック駅舎建築。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道発足。
1949
7月15日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1956
4月2日
The station building was rebuilt with a PC block structure and was designated as a model station.
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駅舎改築（PCブロック構造）。モデル駅に指定。
1958
1月
The station was rebuilt in conjunction with the Asian Games.
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アジア競技大会開催に伴い改築。
1964
9月
The station was rebuilt and a temporary platform was added in time for the Tokyo Olympics.
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東京オリンピックにあわせ改築。臨時ホーム新設。
1976
7月
The Midori-no-Madoguchi service began operations.
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みどりの窓口営業開始。
1980
12月
A shogi piece object was installed on the platform, donated by the Japan Shogi Association.
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ホームに将棋の駒のオブジェ設置（日本将棋連盟より寄贈）。
1986
10月23日
A crowd of 5,000 spectators from the National Stadium surged towards the ticket gates at this station, resulting in a crowd accident that injured 46 people.
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国立霞ヶ丘競技場陸上競技場からの観客5000人が当駅の改札に殺到し、群衆事故が起こる。46人負傷。
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。
1990
6月2日
Automatic ticket gates were introduced.
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自動改札機導入。
1998
3月
Escalator usage began.
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エスカレーターの使用を開始。
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。
2007
3月9日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業終了。
2009
4月
The entire station premises became smoke-free.
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駅構内が全面禁煙になる。
2012
9月
Elevator service began.
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エレベーターの使用開始。
2016
9月18日
The temporary station building began to be used due to renovation work for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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2020年東京オリンピックに向けての駅舎改修工事のため、仮駅舎使用開始。
2019
2月1日
The station was unmanned in the early morning hours following the introduction of the Station Remote Control System, now known as the Customer Support Call System.
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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、早朝無人化。
2019
10月27日
The new station building was opened for service.
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新駅舎の供用を開始。
2020
3月22日
The platform for Shinjuku-bound trains (formerly Track 1) was relocated to the new platform.
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新宿方面行のりば（旧1番線）を新ホームへ移設。
2020
6月13日
The use of platform doors began.
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ホームドアの使用開始。
2025
10月1日
The Ekinet Q-Chike service was started.
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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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