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54 Events
1885
The tracks were laid to bypass the city of Utsunomiya at the time, and the station was established on the opposite bank of the Tagawa River, with the station building and transportation and commercial complex facilities still located on the west side of the tracks, where Japan's first ekiben, consisting of two onigiri with takuan, was sold.
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線路は当時の宇都宮市街を避けて設置され、駅は田川を挟んで対岸に設けられた。現在も駅舎及び交通・商業複合設備は線路西側にある。日本初とされる駅弁（おにぎり2個にたくあんが添えてあるもの）が販売される。
1885
7月16日
The station opened as a station on Nippon Railway's Second District Line and became the terminal station of the Second District Line, with a ferry connection to Nakada Temporary Station due to the incomplete crossing over the Tone River, which was completed in June 1886, allowing through traffic from Ueno to Utsunomiya.
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日本鉄道第二区線の駅として開業、第二区線の終着駅となる。当時、栗橋駅 - 中田仮駅間の利根川架橋が未了の状態で開業したため、この間は連絡船が結んでいた。翌1886年（明治19年）6月に利根川橋梁が完成し、上野から宇都宮までが全通した。
1886
10月1日
The Nippon Railway extended the Second District Line from Utsunomiya Station to Nasu Station, now known as Nishinasuno Station.
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日本鉄道第二区線として宇都宮駅 - 那須駅（現・西那須野駅）間を延伸。
1890
6月1日
The line corresponding to the current Nikko Line was opened by Nippon Railway to Imachi Station, and was later extended to Nikko.
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現在の日光線にあたる路線が、日本鉄道により今市駅まで開通（のち日光まで延伸）。
1902
4月1日
The station building was rebuilt into a two-story second-generation station building.
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2代目の駅舎（2階建て）に改築。
1906
11月1日
Nippon Railway was nationalized.
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日本鉄道が国有化される。
1909
10月12日
The line came under the Tōhoku Main Line with the designation of line names, and the branch line towards Nikkō was named the Nikkō 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。日光方面の支線は日光線と命名。
1910
10月15日
Nisshin Seifun acquired the under-construction Dai-Nippon Seifun Utsunomiya factory and concluded a contract for the use of the railway siding line at Utsunomiya Station.
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建設中の大日本製粉宇都宮工場を日清製粉が買収し、宇都宮駅鉄道引込線使用契約を締結。
1925
12月27日
The reconstruction work on the station building commenced.
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駅舎の改築工事が着工。
1926
4月9日
The expansion construction of the station master's office began.
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駅長室の拡張工事が着工。
1945
7月12日
The station building (2nd generation) was destroyed in the Utsunomiya Great Air Raid.
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宇都宮大空襲により、駅舎（2代目）が焼失。
1946
3月10日
The station building was rebuilt as a single-story wooden structure with a slate roof barrack-style building, which was the third station building.
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駅舎が木造1階建て、スレート葺きバラック建築で復旧（3代目駅舎）。
1958
2月27日
The fourth station building was completed and opened for service on March 1.
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4代目駅舎が落成、3月1日に供用開始。
1958
3月7日
A station department store opened on the second floor of the station building.
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駅舎2階に駅デパートが開業。
1966
7月
Transportation of raw wheat using the Hoki 2200 hopper car began between Utsunomiya Station (Nisshin Seifun Utsunomiya factory) and Okawa Station (same company's Tsurumi factory).
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宇都宮駅（日清製粉宇都宮工場） - 大川駅（同鶴見工場）間でホッパ車のホキ2200形による原料小麦輸送が始まる。
1972
3月3日
The Travel Center opened.
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旅行センター開業。
1973
9月25日
The handling range of carload freight was reduced to only private railway lines.
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車扱貨物の取り扱い範囲を、専用線発着のみに縮小。
1974
11月1日
The fifth-generation station building, a temporary station for Shinkansen construction, began operation, with the station building including the station building "Lamia".
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新幹線工事のための5代目駅舎（仮駅舎）供用開始。駅ビル「ラミア」を併設する。
1979
2月11日
A freight car derailed within the station premises, with no injuries, and was restored the following day.
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構内で貨車が脱線。負傷者なし。翌日に復旧。
1980
6月10日
The current station building was completed, becoming the sixth station building.
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現駅舎が完成し、6代目駅舎となる。
1980
8月1日
The area east of the station was residentially developed and a free passage connecting east and west was opened.
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駅東側地区の宅地化を受け、東西自由通路が開通。
1980
9月5日
The station building "Lamia" began full-scale operations.
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駅ビル「ラミア」が全面営業を開始。
1982
6月23日
The Tohoku Shinkansen opened and it became a station on the line.
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東北新幹線が開業し、同線の駅となる。
1983
10月4日
The pedestrian deck was completed.
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ペデストリアンデッキが完成。
1985
9月7日
A directly managed coffee house called Bell Utsunomiya Store opened in the concourse inside the ticket gates.
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改札内コンコースに直営のコーヒーハウス「ベル宇都宮店」が開店。
1986
4月26日
A directly managed playguide called Playguide Tsubame opened beside the ticket gate.
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改札口脇に直営のプレイガイド「プレイガイドつばめ」が開店。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station for JR East and JR Freight.
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国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本とJR貨物の駅となる。
1990
12月1日
The station building was expanded and renamed "Paseo".
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駅ビルが増築され、「パセオ」と改称。
1995
2月25日
Automatic ticket gates were introduced at conventional line ticket gates.
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在来線改札口に自動改札機を導入。
1996
11月30日
The Nisshin Seifun Utsunomiya factory suspended operations, and around this time freight train services ceased.
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日清製粉宇都宮工場が操業を停止。この頃貨物列車の発着がなくなる。
1998
12月9日
Automatic ticket gates were introduced at Shinkansen ticket gates.
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新幹線改札口に自動改札機を導入。
2001
11月18日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use, but only for the Omiya direction.
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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる（大宮方面のみ）。
2003
10月12日
The Tohoku Shinkansen allows the use of Suica FREX commuter passes and Suica FREX Pal commuter passes.
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東北新幹線で「Suica FREX定期券」および「Suica FREXパル定期券」の利用が可能となる。
2004
10月16日
The IC card "Suica" became available for use up to Kuroiso Station, and the "Suica FREX Commuter Pass" and "Suica FREX Pal Commuter Pass" on the Tohoku Shinkansen became available for use up to Nasushiobara Station, while Green cars were introduced on the Shonan-Shinjuku Line and Utsunomiya Line local trains, and Green ticket vending machines began operating on station platforms.
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ICカード「Suica」が黒磯駅まで利用が可能となる。東北新幹線での「Suica FREX定期券」および「Suica FREXパル定期券」が那須塩原駅まで利用が可能となる。湘南新宿ライン、宇都宮線普通列車へのグリーン車導入、駅ホームでのグリーン券売機運用開始。
2005
3月
Introduction of departure melodies on existing lines.
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在来線に発車メロディを導入。
2006
7月8日
The operation of 15-car train sets on the Utsunomiya Line was extended to this station.
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宇都宮線の15両編成列車の運行が当駅まで延長される。
2007
5月7日
Work began on integrating the Midori-no-Madoguchi and View Plaza, with temporary ticket vending machines starting operation from May 13.
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びゅうプラザとみどりの窓口の一体化工事を開始。5月13日から仮設券売機を使用開始。
2007
7月30日
The aforementioned work was completed and the service began.
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上記工事が終了し、供用を開始。
2008
1月29日
Conventional line Suica exclusive ticket gates began operation.
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在来線Suica専用改札機が使用を開始。
2008
3月15日
The IC card "Suica" became available for use on the Nikko Line.
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ICカード「Suica」が日光線で利用が可能となる。
2008
11月1日
The east entrance new station front plaza is now open.
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東口新駅前広場オープン。
2011
3月
Paseo was completely closed for a full-scale renovation.
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「パセオ」を全面改装のため完全休業。
2012
4月
It reopened after renovations, with the "Paseo" sales floor reduced to the third floor, and the floors above it opened as the "Hotel Art Mont Inn Utsunomiya", now known as the JR East Hotel Mets Utsunomiya.
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「パセオ」の売場を3階まで縮小する形でリニューアルオープン、4階以上は「ホテル アール・メッツ宇都宮」（現・JR東日本ホテルメッツ宇都宮）として開業。
2018
4月1日
The "Touch de Go! Shinkansen" service was launched, and as part of the "Honmono no Deai Tochigi" destination campaign, the departure melodies on the conventional line platforms were temporarily changed to "Tochigi Prefectural Song".
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「タッチでGo!新幹線」のサービスを開始。「本物の出会い 栃木」ディスティネーションキャンペーンの一環として、在来線ホームの発車メロディが期間限定で『栃木県民の歌』に変更。
2019
4月1日
As part of the "Honmono no Deai Tochigi" After Destination Campaign, the departure melodies on the conventional line platforms were temporarily changed to "California Shower".
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「本物の出会い 栃木」アフターディスティネーションキャンペーンの一環として、在来線ホームの発車メロディが期間限定で『カリフォルニア・シャワー』に変更。
2019
6月27日
JR East announced that it would continue to use "California Shower" as the departure melody for conventional line platforms.
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JR東日本が、在来線ホームの発車メロディの『カリフォルニア・シャワー』を継続使用することを発表
2019
6月28日
The Byū Plaza ceased operations, resulting in a complete withdrawal of Byū Plaza from Tochigi Prefecture.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。これにより、栃木県内はびゅうプラザが完全撤退となる。
2020
3月14日
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。
2020
3月27日
A waiting room was newly established on the Nikko Line platform (Platform 5).
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日光線（5番線）ホームに待合室を新設。
2020
9月23日
The 1st floor of the west exit of Paseo was renovated into Utsunomiya FOOD HALL.
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「パセオ」西口1階が「宇都宮FOOD HALL」としてリニューアル。
2023
8月26日
The station opened, with a departure ceremony being held in the surrounding area.
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開業。当駅周辺で「発車式」を挙行。
2025
8月21日
The departure melodies on the conventional line platforms were changed to in-house managed songs such as JRE-IKST-021.
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在来線ホームの発車メロディが『JRE-IKST-021』などの自社管理曲に変更。
2025
10月1日
The "Ekinet Q-Chike" service was launched on the Tohoku Shinkansen.
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東北新幹線で「えきねっとQチケ」のサービスを開始。
2025
10月21日
The departure melody on the conventional line platform was changed back to "California Shower".
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在来線ホームの発車メロディが再度『カリフォルニア・シャワー』に変更。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Departure Melodies
No longer played
栃木県民の歌
現在不使用。『本物の出会い 栃木』デスティネーションキャンペーン（栃木DC）にあわせて使用。
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (NIKKO LINE)
1
Up
2
Down
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Utsunomiya Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Tohoku Shinkansen
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (UTSUNOMIYA LINE)
1
Down
4
Up
↕ Platforms 1, 4 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Nikko Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Tohoku Shinkansen
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TOHOKU SHINKANSEN)
1
Up
↕ Platform 1 serves this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Nikko Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
→
Utsunomiya Line
JR-East
5 min
Moderate
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