新大久保
Shin-Okubo Station
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13 Events
1914
11月15日
The station opened as a station of the Railway Institute (on the Yamanote Line), handling only passenger operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
鉄道院の駅（山手線所属）として開業。旅客営業のみ。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East), belonging to the Yamanote Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅（山手線所属）となる。
1992
10月28日
Automatic ticket gates were introduced.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
自動改札機を導入。
2001
1月26日
The Shinjuku train station passenger fall accident occurred within the station premises, and later, fall detection mats and steps to climb up to the platform were newly installed under the platform to prevent accidents when passengers fall.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
当駅の構内で新大久保駅乗客転落事故が発生。後に利用客転落時における事故防止のための転落検知マットやホームに上がるためのステップがホーム下に新設される。
2001
6月21日
Work began on installing shelters under the platforms for passengers to take refuge in the event of a fall.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
転落時にホーム下へ逃げ込む退避所の設置工事を開始する。
2001
11月18日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2001
12月22日
The air raid shelter under the platform was completed and opened to the press.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
ホーム下の退避所が完成し、報道公開される。
2005
3月
An elevator is installed on the stairs.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
階段に昇降機が設置される。
2009
1月23日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2020
2月9日
Elevator service began.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
エレベーターの使用を開始。
2020
12月1日
Operations were outsourced.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
業務委託化。
2021
3月28日
Foodlab "Kimchi, Durian, Cardamom,,," opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
フードラボ「Kimchi,Durian,Cardamom,,,」が開業。
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 (YAMANOTE LINE)
1
Down
池袋 · 田端 · 上野
2
Up
新宿 · 渋谷 · 品川
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Shin-Okubo Station?
Shin-Okubo Station is served by Yamanote Line.