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History, melodies, surroundingsThe station opened as a station on the Nippon Railway between Ueno and Kumagaya.
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日本鉄道上野 - 熊谷間の駅として開業。
The first station building was completed.
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初代本駅舎が竣工。
The section between Ueno and Akihabara opened as a freight line, with freight handling being transferred from Ueno to Akihabara to separate freight and passenger services.
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上野 - 秋葉原間が貨物線として開通。上野から貨物の取り扱いを秋葉原に移転して貨客分離。
The railway was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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鉄道国有法により、国有化。
The line designation was established, and it became part of the Tōhoku Main Line.
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線路名称の制定により、東北本線の所属となる。
Electrified train operation on the Yamanote Line began.
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山手線の電車運転を開始。
The country's first departure bell was introduced.
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日本初の発車ベルを導入。
The electrified Tōhoku Main Line passenger line, now the Keihin-Tōhoku Line, between Ueno and Tokyo opened.
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上野 - 東京間の東北本線電車線(現・京浜東北線)、高架旅客線が開業。
Automatic ticket vending machines (10 sen) for platform tickets began operating at Ueno Station and Tokyo Station.
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上野駅、東京駅で入場券の自動券売機(10銭)が稼働し始めた。
The Tokyo Underground Railway's Asakusa - Ueno section, now part of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, opened.
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東京地下鉄道(現・東京メトロ銀座線)の浅草駅 - 上野駅間が開通。
The Tōhoku Main Line railway line between Ueno and Tokyo, now the Utsunomiya Line, opened.
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上野 - 東京間の東北本線列車線(現・宇都宮線)が開通。
A new station building was completed.
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新駅舎が落成。
The Tokyo Underground Railway transferred its lines to Teito Kōsoku Denki Tetsudō (Teito Rapid Transit Authority, or Eidan Subway) under the Land Transport Business Adjustment Law.
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陸上交通事業調整法により、東京地下鉄道が路線を帝都高速度交通営団(営団地下鉄)に譲渡。
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道が発足。
An additional footbridge connecting the Jōban Line platforms and the Keihin-Tōhoku Line and Yamanote Line platforms was added.
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常磐線列車ホームと京浜東北線・山手線ホームとをむすぶ跨線橋を増設。
A Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) subway station on the Hibiya Line opened.
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営団地下鉄日比谷線の駅が開業。
Except for some express items, such as mail and newspapers, freight handling was transferred to Sumidagawa Station.
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一部の急送品(郵便・新聞等)を除いて荷物の取り扱いを隅田川駅に移管。
The Kōen-guchi station building was rebuilt into a two-story station building.
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公園口駅舎を改築し、2階建て駅舎となる。
The Travel Center opened.
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旅行センターが開業。
The elevated sixth platform (tracks 11 and 12) began operation and the improvement work on the ground and elevated platforms was completed.
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高架第6ホーム(11・12番線)が使用を開始。地上・高架のホーム改良工事が完成する。
The Otemachi Bridge began operation.
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大連絡橋の使用開始。
The railway line for through trains on the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo and Ueno was abolished, and through trains from the Tōhoku Main Line to the Tōkaidō Main Line were also abolished.
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東京 - 上野間の東北本線列車線が廃止され、東北本線から東海道線への直通列車も廃止となる。
A fire broke out at the telegraph and telephone office within the station premises due to a discarded cigarette, causing a commotion as passengers evacuated.
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タバコの投げ捨てが原因で、駅構内の電報電話局から出火。乗客らが避難する騒ぎとなった。
A giant panda statue was installed at Japanese National Railways Central Plaza.
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国鉄中央広場に巨大パンダ像が設置される。
Ueno Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen opened.
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東北新幹線の上野駅が開業。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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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)の駅となる。
Two specified seat ticket vending machines called "Travel Eddie" were introduced on a trial basis.
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指定券自動券売機「トラベル・エディ」2台を試験導入。
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the Asakusa entrance and began operation.
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浅草口に自動改札機を設置し、供用を開始。
Shinjuku-Nishiguchi Station began operating with the installation of automatic ticket gates at the Shinjuku-Nishiguchi entrance.
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不忍口に自動改札機を設置し、供用を開始。
Automatic ticket gates were installed at Kōen-guchi and began operation.
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公園口に自動改札機を設置し、供用を開始。
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the Central Exit and began operation.
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中央口に自動改札機を設置し、供用を開始。
The Tohoku Shinkansen was extended to Tokyo Station.
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東北新幹線が東京駅まで延伸。
Teito Rapid Transit Authority introduced automatic ticket vending machines for commuter passes.
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営団地下鉄で継続定期券発売機を導入。
At the front of the waiting room for dignitaries, Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi was attacked by an assailant, but was uninjured due to protection by a police officer, while nearby lawmaker Matsunuma Kozo suffered minor injuries.
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貴賓室前で田中義一首相が暴漢から襲撃を受ける。田中は護衛の警察官に護られ無傷であったが、一緒に居た松村光三議員が軽傷を負った。
To counteract the rise of groundwater around the Shinkansen platform, 37,000 tons of iron blocks were installed on the platform.
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新幹線ホーム周辺の地下水上昇対策として、同ホームに37,000トンの鉄塊を設置。
An JR East station was certified as one of the "100 Selected Stations of Kanto" with the selection reason being "a gateway to the northern metropolitan area that evokes nostalgia for one's hometown in any era", with Teito Rapid Transit Authority stations being excluded from consideration.
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JR東日本の駅が「関東の駅百選」に認定される。選定理由は「いつの時代にもふるさとへの郷愁をそそる、首都圏の北の玄関口」。営団は認定対象外。
Automatic ticket gates were introduced at Shinkansen transfer gates, the first introduction at each Shinkansen station within the JR East area.
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新幹線乗換改札口に自動改札機を導入(JR東日本管内の新幹線各駅で初導入)。
The station rental car office ended its operations.
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駅レンタカー営業所の営業を終了。
Ground-level platform 18 was abolished.
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地平ホーム18番線が廃止。
The east-west free passage at Ueno Station opened.
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上野駅東西自由通路が開通。
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。
The JR East station was renovated and the commercial facility Atre Ueno opened.
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JR東日本の駅がリニューアル。商業施設「アトレ上野」が開業。
This year, the Ueno Station yard was automated with electronic interlocking, and as a result, the Ikori Signal Box, which was previously handled as part of the station, became an independent stopping point and was renamed Ikori Signal Field.
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この年:上野駅構内を電子連動化、これに伴い当駅構内の扱いであった井堀信号所が独立した停車場となり、井堀信号場となった。
The Shinkansen became available for use with Suica FREX commuter passes and Suica FREX Pal commuter passes.
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新幹線でSuica FREX定期券およびSuica FREXパル定期券の利用が可能となる。
With the privatization of Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan), the stations on the Ginza Line and Hibiya Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro.
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営団地下鉄の民営化に伴い、銀座線・日比谷線の駅は東京地下鉄(東京メトロ)に継承される。
IC card "PASMO" becomes available for use on Tokyo Metro.
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東京メトロでICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
The underground commercial facility "Echika Fit Ueno" opened at Ueno Station on the Ginza Line.
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銀座線上野駅に駅チカ商業施設「エチカフィット上野」が開業。
A departure melody was introduced at Ueno Station on the Ginza Line.
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銀座線上野駅に発車メロディを導入。
A departure melody was introduced on platform 13.
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13番線に発車メロディを導入。
The special express transfer ticket gate for tracks 16 and 17 was abolished.
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16・17番線の特急乗換改札口が廃止される。
The Ueno-Tokyo Line (Tohoku Shinkansen bypass) was completed, and some Utsunomiya Line, Takasaki Line, and Joban Line rapid trains that previously terminated at and originated from this station began operating into Tokyo Station and beyond to the Tokaido Main Line.
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上野東京ライン(東北縦貫線)が完成し、従来当駅終着(始発)であった宇都宮線・高崎線・常磐線(快速)の一部列車が東京駅、およびその先の東海道本線へ乗り入れを開始。
The Hokuriku Shinkansen opened, with some Kagayaki and Hakutaka services stopping at the station.
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北陸新幹線が開業し、「かがやき」・「はくたか」の一部が当駅に停車する。
The overnight express "Hokutosei" ended its regular operations, and regular overnight express trains originating and terminating at Ueno Station disappeared.
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寝台特急「北斗星」が定期運行を終了し、上野駅を始発・終着とする定期運行の寝台特急列車が消滅する。
The Tokyo Metro lost and found handling office was relocated to Iidabashi Station.
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東京メトロのお忘れ物総合取扱所が飯田橋駅へ移転する。
Platform lines 5 through 10 introduced departure melodies.
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5番線から10番線に発車メロディを導入。
The down final train of the overnight express "Hokutosei" departed.
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寝台特急「北斗星」の下り最終列車が発車。
The overnight express "Hokutosei" ended its operation with the arrival of its final uptrain, and all of Japan's so-called "Blue Train" overnight express trains ceased to exist.
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寝台特急「北斗星」が上り最終列車到着で運行を終了し、日本の「ブルートレイン」と呼ばれる寝台特急列車は全て消滅する。
The Yamanote Line's platform (tracks 2 and 3) began using platform doors.
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山手線のホーム(2・3番線)でホームドアの使用を開始。
The use of platform doors began on Platform 1 of the Ginza Line.
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銀座線1番線ホームでホームドアの使用を開始。
The downbound final run of the overnight express train "Cassiopeia" departed.
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寝台特急「カシオペア」の下り最終列車が発車。
The overnight express train "Cassiopeia" made its final run with the last up train arrival, and all overnight express and night trains to and from the station ceased operation.
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寝台特急「カシオペア」が上り最終列車到着で運行を終了し、当駅発着の寝台特急列車及び夜行列車は全て終了した。
The departure melodies for tracks 13 and tracks 16 and 17 were swapped.
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13番線と16・17番線の発車メロディが入れ替えられる。
The cruise train "TRAIN SUITE Shiki-shima" began operation, and the dedicated lounge "Prologue Shiki-shima" and dedicated platform "New Departure 13.5th Platform" were opened for use.
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クルーズトレイン「TRAIN SUITE 四季島」が運行を開始し、専用ラウンジ「プロローグ四季島」と専用ホーム「新たな旅立ちの13.5番線ホーム」の供用を開始。
The station-area commercial facility "Echika Fit Ueno" reopened after renovations.
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駅チカ商業施設「エチカフィット上野」がリニューアルオープン。
The use of platform doors began on the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms (tracks 1 and 4).
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京浜東北線ホーム(1・4番線)でホームドアの使用を開始。
The Touch de Go! New Shinkansen service was launched.
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タッチでGo!新幹線のサービスを開始。
(2019, Heisei 31 and Reiwa 1)
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(平成31・令和元年)
To coincide with the "Opera Summer Festival 2019-20 Japan Tokyo World" at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, the departure melody on the Yamanote Line platform was changed to "Turandot" (used until July 20).
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東京文化会館での「オペラ夏の祭典2019-20 Japan Tokyo World」開催に伴い、山手線ホームの発車メロディを「トゥーランドット」に変更する(7月20日まで使用)。
The departure melody on the Yamanote Line platform was changed to "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg".
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山手線ホームの発車メロディを「ニュルンベルクのマイスタージンガー」に変更する(翌年9月12日まで使用)。
The Hibiya Line's Ueno Station introduced departure melodies.
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日比谷線上野駅に発車メロディを導入。
The Shinkansen e-ticket service was launched.
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新幹線eチケットサービスを開始。
JR East relocated the Koen entrance station building and the Koen ticket gate.
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JR東日本で公園口駅舎および公園改札を移設。
The booth-type office "STATION BOOTH" of Station Nakashare Office opened outside the central ticket gate of JR East.
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JR東日本の中央改札外に駅ナカシェアオフィスのブース型オフィス「STATION BOOTH」が開業。
The YAMANOTE LINE MUSEUM was opened in the connecting passageway inside the Koen-guchi ticket gate.
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公園口改札内の連絡通路に「YAMANOTE LINE MUSEUM」が開設。
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
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。
JR East announced in its management vision until 2034 that Ueno Station will be the model station for the "Beyond Stations" concept, promoting co-creative town development where the station and the surrounding town, particularly the Shitamachi area, can grow together in a unified and sustainable manner, with the station playing a core role as a "culture creation hub", aiming to start operations in spring 2026 when the current renovation work is completed.
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JR東日本が発表した2034年までの経営ビジョンの中で、上野駅を「Beyond Stations構想」のモデル駅と定め、駅とまち(下町)が一体的かつ持続的に成長できる共創型まちづくりを推進し、その中核となる駅に『文化創造HUB』の役割を担わせるとし、現在行われている構内改修工事が完了する2026年春の運用開始を目指すことを明らかにした。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Ueno Station FAQ
What train lines connect at Ueno Station?
Ueno Station is served by Ginza Line, Hibiya Line, Jōban Line (Rapid), Keihin–Tōhoku Line, Takasaki Line, Ueno-Tokyo Line, Utsunomiya Line, Yamanote Line, Tohoku Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen.
What are the major landmarks near Ueno Station?
Key landmarks accessible from this station include: Ueno Park, Tokyo National Museum, Ameyoko, Ueno Zoo.