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28 Events
1903
At the time the main license for the Yamanote Line (originally planned as the Toyoshima Line, which would have connected Tabata, Sugamo, Zōshigaya, and Mejiro, but was later revised to include the establishment of Ikebukuro Station and combined with the existing Shinagawa Line) was issued, the establishment of the station was already planned.
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豊島線（田端 - 巣鴨 - 雑司ヶ谷〈未成〉 - 目白を結ぶ計画線、後に計画が変更され池袋駅の設置が決定した時点で既存の品川線と合わせて山手線となった）の本免許が交付された時点で、既に駅設置が計画されていた。
1903
4月1日
It opened as a stopping point on the Nippon Railway Yamanote Line and also began freight operations as a general station.
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日本鉄道山手線の停車場として開業。貨物営業も開始（一般駅）。
1906
11月1日
It 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 came under the Yamanote Line due to the designation of line names.
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線路名称制定により山手線の所属となる。
1924
12月28日
The quadrupling of the tracks was completed, separating the Yamanote Line and the Yamanote Freight Line (the quadrupling between Ikebukuro Station and this station was completed).
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複々線化、山手線と山手貨物線を分離する（池袋駅 - 当駅の複々線化完成。
1945
3月4日
On April 13, it was bombed during the Pacific War.
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4月13日：太平洋戦争中に空襲を受ける。
1968
12月27日
The section of Toei Subway Line 6 (now the Mita Line) between the current station and Shimura Station (now Takashimadaira Station) opened.
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都営地下鉄6号線（現：三田線）の当駅 - 志村駅（現：高島平駅）間が開業。
1972
6月30日
The Toei Subway Line 6 was extended and opened between Hibiya Station and the current station.
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都営地下鉄6号線の日比谷駅 - 当駅間が延伸開業。
1974
10月1日
The handling of luggage at Japanese National Railways stations was abolished.
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国鉄駅での荷物の取り扱いが廃止。
1978
7月1日
The Toei Subway Line 6 was renamed to the Mita Line.
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都営地下鉄6号線を三田線に改称。
1979
3月31日
Freight handling was abolished at Japanese National Railways stations.
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国鉄駅での貨物の取り扱いが廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East), belonging to the Yamanote Line.
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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（山手線所属）となる。
1991
1月26日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at JR East stations.
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JR東日本の駅に自動改札機を設置。
1997
4月28日
A sensor-equipped fall prevention fence was installed on a trial basis at Sugamo Station on the Mita Line until August 15 of the same year.
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三田線巣鴨駅でセンサー付き転落防止柵を試験設置（同年8月15日まで）{{cite news
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
Toei Subway Mita Line stations are assigned station numbers.
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都営地下鉄三田線の駅に駅番号がつけられる。
2007
3月18日
The use of the IC card "PASMO" becomes available on the Toei Subway.
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都営地下鉄でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2007
6月1日
The construction of JR East's station building commenced.
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JR東日本の駅ビル着工。
2007
11月18日
JR East's automatic ticket vending machines, Midori-no-Madoguchi, and View Plaza were relocated to the temporary south exit station building.
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JR東日本の自動券売機・みどりの窓口・びゅうプラザが南口仮駅舎に移設。
2007
12月9日
The automatic ticket gates and fare adjustment machines of JR East were relocated to the south entrance.
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JR東日本の自動改札機・精算機が南口に移設。
2008
1月11日
The north entrance of JR East was temporarily closed.
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JR東日本の北口が一時閉鎖。
2010
3月25日
The commercial facility Atre Vie Komagome opened for business.
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商業施設「アトレヴィ巣鴨」が開業。
2013
6月29日
JR East started using platform doors at its stations.
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JR東日本の駅でホームドアの使用を開始。
2016
9月15日
JR East installed station name signs with "station numbering" at its stations, displaying a combination of the Yamanote Line's line symbol "JY" and station number "11".
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JR東日本の駅で「駅ナンバリング」対応の駅名標が設置。山手線の路線記号「JY」と駅番号「11」を組み合わせた表示。。
2018
3月31日
On this day, View Plaza ended its operations.
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この日をもってびゅうプラザが営業を終了。
2023
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。
2023
2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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