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1889
4月11日
The station was opened when the Kobu Railway Shinjuku - this station section was inaugurated, and began handling passengers and freight, with ticket gates only at the north exit.
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甲武鉄道新宿 - 当駅間開通時に開設。旅客・貨物取扱開始。駅改札は北口のみ。
1889
8月11日
The section between Kōbu Railway's current station and Yorii - Hachiōji opened.
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甲武鉄道 当駅 - 八王子間が開通。
1894
11月19日
The Ome Railway (later Ome Electric Railway) opened between this station and Ome.
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青梅鉄道（後の青梅電気鉄道）当駅 - 青梅間開通。
1906
10月1日
With the nationalization of Kobu Railway, it became a station on the government railway.
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甲武鉄道の国有化により、官設鉄道の駅となる。
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。
1916
3月3日
A freight branch line opened between the current station and Tamagawa-bara Station.
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当駅 - 多摩川原駅間の貨物支線開業。
1929
6月16日
The Chuo Line was electrified and opened to Tachikawa, and electric train operations on the Ministry of Railways line commenced.
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中央線が立川まで電化開通。電車（省線）運転開始。
1929
12月11日
The Nambu Railway opened between Yashiki-bun, now known as Bamba, and this station.
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南武鉄道、屋敷分（現・分倍河原） - 当駅間開業。
1931
11月15日
The Nambu Railway freight connecting line opened between this station and Nishitachikawa.
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南武鉄道 貨物連絡線当駅 - 西立川間開業。
1940
8月17日
The Nambu Railway suspended its connecting line, abolishing the section between the current station and Musashi-Kaminogawa Station via the Itsukaichi Railway, a distance of 0.9 km, effective September 1.
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南武鉄道、連絡線休止（9月1日当駅 - 武蔵上ノ原駅間〈五日市鉄道〉を廃止 (−0.9 km)）。
1940
10月3日
Itsukaichi Railway merged with Nambu Railway and became the company's Itsukaichi Line.
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五日市鉄道が南武鉄道に合併し、同社の五日市線となる。
1944
4月1日
The Nambu Railway and Ome Electric Railway were nationalized due to wartime requisition, becoming the Nambu Line, Ome Line, and Itsukaichi Line of Japanese National Railways.
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南武鉄道と青梅電気鉄道が戦時買収に伴い国有化、南武線、青梅線、五日市線となる。
1944
10月11日
The section between this station and Tachikawa and the section between this station and Haijima were suspended as a non-essential line for the time being, with the section between this station and Nishitachikawa ceasing operation and becoming part of the Ome Line.
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五日市線 当駅 - 拝島間が不要不急線として休止され、当駅 - 西立川間の営業を廃止、青梅線の一部となる。
1946
6月1日
The freight branch line between this station and Tamagawa-hara was suspended, effectively abolishing it.
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当駅 - 多摩川原間貨物支線休止（実質廃止）。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道発足。
1950
10月1日
Direct express train service between Tokyo and Ōme began in the evening.
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夕方に東京→青梅間（下り）直通電車運転開始。
1964
1月4日
A runaway US military tank car collided with the station and exploded, and the Daiei Department Store was later built on the burnt remains.
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米軍タンク車が暴走し当駅に衝突、爆発。焼け跡に第一デパートが建てられた。
1980
4月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物取扱廃止。
1981
4月1日
Provisional station buildings and a connecting overpass began service due to elevation station building construction.
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橋上駅舎化工事のため、仮駅舎と連絡跨線橋の供用開始。
1982
10月2日
The station building was elevated, station building WILL (now LUMINE) opened, the Platform 1 for the Ōme Line was removed and skipped due to the station building construction, and the north-south free passage was opened to traffic.
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橋上駅舎化完成。駅ビルWILL（現・ルミネ）開業。駅ビル建設工事に伴い青梅線降車用の1番線ホームが撤去・欠番となる。南北自由通路供用開始。
1986
11月1日
Freight handling was abolished, except for newspapers.
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（新聞紙を除き）荷物扱い廃止。
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
12月
Improvement work was completed, enabling turnbacks to be made from the Chuo Rapid Line passing tracks (tracks 5 and 6) to both the up and down lines.
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改良工事が完成し、中央快速線待避線（5・6番線）から上下線双方への折返しが可能となる。
1992
12月14日
Automatic ticket gates were installed.
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自動改札機を設置。
1998
11月27日
Tama Toshi Monorail's Tachikawa-Kita Station opened.
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多摩都市モノレール立川北駅が開業。
1999
3月25日
The south entrance was opened, having been scheduled to open simultaneously with the South Bank Railway, but was delayed due to construction.
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南口を開設。南武鉄道同時開設の予定が工事が遅れたため
1999
7月13日
Itsukaichi Railway opened between this station and Haijima.
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五日市鉄道、当駅 - 拝島間開業。
1999
10月24日
A new No. 8 track was added to the Nambu Line platform, and the former No. 8 track was renamed No. 9 track, utilizing the previously unnamed freight line side of the Nambu Line platform.
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南武線ホームに8番線新設。旧8番線を9番線に改称。南武線ホームの番線名無しだった貨物線側を整備したもの。
1999
12月4日
The Narita Express limited express train service began operating to and from Takao Station, with one round trip stopping.
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特急「成田エクスプレス」高尾駅発着列車運行開始。上下1往復停車。
2000
1月10日
The Tama Toshi Monorail extended operations between Tachikawa-North and Tama-Center, opening Tachikawa-Minami Station and starting transfer services.
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多摩都市モノレール、立川北 - 多摩センター間延伸開業（立川南駅開設、接続開始）。
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。
2005
12月10日
With the timetable revision on this day, the Azusa made all stops.
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この日のダイヤ改正で「あずさ」が全停車。
2007
9月30日
The platform line designations were changed from 2-9 to 1-8, restoring the designation of platform 1 and eliminating platform 9, and the existing ticket gate was renamed the East ticket gate with the simultaneous establishment of the West ticket gate.
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ホーム番線呼称を、2 - 9番線から1 - 8番線に変更。これに伴い1番線の呼称が復活、9番線の呼称が消滅。西改札口の新設と同時に、従来の改札口は東改札口となる。
2007
10月5日
Kōtoku Line's Ekūte Tachikawa opened (Phase I) and a new south ticket gate was established simultaneously.
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エキュート立川が開業（第I期）。同時に南改札口を新設。
2008
3月15日
Some Super Azusa trains begin to stop at the station, whereas previously all trains had passed through.
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「スーパーあずさ」の一部が停車するようになる（それまでは全列車通過）。
2008
10月7日
Kichijoji Station's neighboring commercial complex, EcuT, expanded and reopened, with Hotel Mets Kichijoji also opening at the same time, however the correct translation is: EcuT Tachikawa expanded and reopened, with Hotel Mets Tachikawa also opening at the same time.
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エキュート立川が増床開業（第II期）、同時にホテルメッツ立川も開業。
2012
3月17日
All trains, except for one round trip of the fastest train, the Super Azusa, will start making stops.
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「スーパーあずさ」が最速列車1往復を除き、全列車が停車するようになる。
2016
8月4日
The west-side free passage opened and Ecute Tachikawa was renovated, with a new north ticket gate also being established.
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西側自由通路が開通し、エキュート立川がリニューアル。同時に北改札口を新設。
2019
Reiwa 1
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（令和元年）
2019
5月10日
JJ+T opened on the 3rd floor of Ecute Tachikawa, and simultaneously, the booth-type STATION BOOTH of the station-in-office SHARE OFFICE STATION WORK opened as a trial experiment.
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エキュート立川3階にて、「JJ+T」が開業。同時に駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION WORK」のブース型「STATION BOOTH」が実証実験として開業。
2019
8月1日
The STATION BOOTH service began in earnest.
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「STATION BOOTH」が本格開始。
2021
11月30日
The Byū Plaza ceased operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業終了。
2022
2月1日
Ekitabi Concierge Tachikawa was opened.
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「駅たびコンシェルジュ立川」が開業。
2022
3月12日
With the timetable revision, all limited express trains on the Chuo Line system, including Azusa, Kaiji, Hachioji, Oume, and Fuji Kyoho, will make stops.
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ダイヤ改正に伴い、中央線系統特急「あずさ・かいじ・はちおうじ・おうめ・富士回遊」全列車が停車となる。
2023
1月31日
The use of smart home doors began on Platform 7 (Nambu Line).
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7番線（南武線）ホームにてスマートホームドアの使用を開始。
2023
2月18日
The use of smart home doors began on Platform 8 (Nambu Line).
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8番線（南武線）ホームにてスマートホームドアの使用を開始。
2024
3月16日
With the timetable revision, the direct service of the limited express Narita Express on the Chuo Rapid Line was abolished.
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ダイヤ改正に伴い、特急「成田エクスプレス」の中央快速線直通系統が廃止された。
2026
3月13日
With the upcoming timetable revision, medium-distance train services from the Ōtsuki and Kōfu areas ceased operations as of this day.
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翌日のダイヤ改正に伴い、この日を以って大月・甲府方面からの中距離列車の乗り入れを終了。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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分倍河原 · 登戸 · 武蔵溝ノ口
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2 min
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5 min
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