Tokyo Station

Tokyo Station
1921
4 November Prime Minister Takashi Hara assassinated
on station concourse
History of Tokyo Station (Opening–1970s)
1914
5 December Tokyo Station announced
as official name of central station by
Government Railways
Assassination
memorial plate (JR East)
December Construction completed
1923
18 December Ceremony held to
commemorate station opening
1 September Station slightly damaged by Great Kanto
Earthquake, but normal operations resumed 21 September
20 December Tokyo Station opened
1915
Postcard with Marunouchi Station Building, commemorating
opening of Tokyo Station (The Railway Museum)
1929
16 December Yaesu exit opened on the other side of the
railway tracks
2 November Tokyo Station Hotel opened
in Marunouchi Station Building
1910
1920
Tokyo Station during initial construction
Tokyo Station after completion in 1914
Prewar original interior of Tokyo Station entrance hall (now south exit)
(The Railway Museum)
Tokyo Station Opening Ceremony on 20 December 1914 Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 61 • Mar 2013
(The Railway Museum)
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Photostory
1947
1930
15 March Restoration work on Marunouchi
Station Building completed with north and
south domes converted to tapered roof and
building height lowered from three to two
storeys
1 October Limited express Tsubame started operations
14 November Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi shot on
platform 4
1944
1 April Emergency measures to escalate
war effort eliminated limited express trains,
first class cars, sleeper cars, and dining cars
1945
25 May Incendiary bomb hit near exit
hall (now north gate) of Marunouchi Station
Building igniting platform roofs and other
facilities but operation partially resumed on
27 May with full operations from 2 June
15 August End of World War II
15 September Railway Transportation
Office (RTO) of occupying Allied forces
established temporarily at central entrance
Attempted assassination memorial plate
(JR East)
1930
1 October Full-scale work to restore Tokyo
Station war damage started
1 May RTO office and waiting room
construction completed adjacent to the
entrance hall (now south gate)
20 November Yaesu Sotobori (outer moat
of former Edo Castle at Yaesu) landfill
construction completed
1948
16 November Yaesu Station Building
completed
1949
29 April Yaesu Station Building burned
down by accidental fire
16 September First Heiwa limited express
since end of war started operations
1940
Tokyo Station during the postwar recovery work (The Railway Museum)
Ceiling covered with duralumin after postwar recovery work
(JR East)
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Tokyo Station
History of Tokyo Station (Opening–1970s)
1951
17 January Refurbishment of Tokyo Station Hotel started
15 November Tokyo Station Hotel resumed service
1952
September National Railway authorities and privatesector investors jointly established Tetsudo Kaikan Co., Ltd.
to fund reconstruction of Yaesu Station Building
October Yaesu Station Building construction started
1953
1 July Tetsudo Kaikan opened Yaesu Meitengai shopping
mall. Yaesu entrance and Yaesu north exit opened with first
free passageway leading to the Marunouchi side
1 September Yaesu central exit and south exit opened
1950
1964
1 October Tokaido Shinkansen started operation
between Tokyo Station and Shin-Osaka Station
1965
June Yaesu underground shopping mall first
phase construction completed
1968
1972
10 January Construction of underground
platforms for Sobu and Yokosuka lines started
beneath Marunouchi Station Square)
15 July Sobu Line underground
platforms opened with Tokyo Station
becoming Sobu Line terminus
1969
10 February Yaesu underground shopping mall
opened
1960
12 October Stained-glass mural
The Creation on wall of Marunouchi
underground passageway illuminated
for first time
1970
1954
14 October Use of new Yaesu Station Building and sixstorey Tetsudo Kaikan building with Daimaru Department
Store opened on 21 Oct
1956
20 July Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan Subway,
today’s Tokyo Metro) Marunouchi Line extended to Tokyo
Station, allowing easier access to Ikebukuro
19 November Overnight Asakaze limited express train
operations started, connecting Tokyo to Hakata in northern
Kyushu
Tokaido Shinkansen Opening Ceremony held at Tokyo Station (The Railway Museum)
1958
15 October Semi-express Nikko started operation and
express trains started service to and from Tokyo Station
bound for Tohoku Line
1 November EMU Kodama limited express started
operation, connecting Tokyo to Osaka
Tokyo Stations’ Central gate in mid 1950s to early
1960s (The Railway Museum)
Limited Express Kodama (The Railway Museum)
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Photostory
Tokyo Station
History of Tokyo Station (1980s–2012)
1980
1 October Through operation of Sobu
and Yokosuka lines using Marunouchi
underground platforms started
1987
1 April Operation of Tokaido Shinkansen
stations taken over by JR Central and
other stations by JR East with breakup and
privatization of the national railways
21 July First Tokyo eki kon concert held
1988
1 April Tokyo Station Gallery opened
1980
2001
1991
18 November Suica IC card services started by JR
East
19 March Limited express Narita Express to
Tokyo New International Airport started operation
20 June Tohoku Shinkansen extended from Ueno
to Tokyo Station
9 November Construction started to allow
Hokuriku Shinkansen access to Tokyo Station
1995
December Proposals made to preserve and
restore Marunouchi Station Building by committee for
revitalizing area around Tokyo Station
2002
15 February JR East announces decision to restore
Tokyo Station Marunouchi Station building
1 October Urban planning committee announced
Tokyo Station as floor area ratio district exemption
2 July Construction of multi-level elevation of
Chuo Line completed
1997
2003
February JR Central Marunouchi Central Building
opened
1 October Nagano Shinkansen started
commercial service
1990
30 May Marunouchi Station Building designated
important cultural property
2000
2004
1 April Station for Marunouchi Subway Line taken
over by Tokyo Metro due to Eidan Subway privatization
13 October Red brick concerts started
2006
11 April Tokyo Station and Amsterdam Central Station
(Netherlands) concluded sisterhood agreement
2007
8 March High-rise SapiaTower building with hotel and
office opened at Nihonbashi exit
30 May Construction started to restore red-brick
Marunouchi Station Building to original three storeys
25 October Ekinaka commercial space ‘GranSta’
opened in central underground concourse
31 October GranTokyo North Tower and South Tower
buildings with stores and offices opened as a part of
Yaesu-side redevelopment
External view of postwar restored Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building (JR East)
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Tokyo Station
History of Tokyo Station (1980s–2012)
2010
28 March Ekinaka commercial space
Ecute Tokyo opened on first floor inside ticket
wickets
December Ekinaka commercial space
GRANSTA DINING opened on first floor
inside ticket wickets
2011
External view of restored Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building (JR East)
Room interior in restored Tokyo Station Hotel (JR East)
South Dome after recovery work (JR East)
5 March Tohoku Shinkansen Hayabusa
started operations
20 March Ekinaka commercial space
KeiyoStreet opened in Keiyo Line connecting
passageway
23 March South part of GranRoof opened
in advance of other pedestrian-deck facilities
2010
2012
22 August Clocks on north and south
domes destroyed by war restored at 2 pm
1 October Restored Marunouchi Station
Building opened along with Tokyo Station
Gallery. Ekinaka commercial space ‘Central
Street’ held grand opening. JR EAST Travel
Service Center for overseas visitors opened
in north dome
3 October Tokyo Station Hotel reopened
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Photostory
Nihombashi Gate
(Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen)
Taxi
Yaesu Central Entrance
JR Bus
Waiting room
Yaesu North Gate
19
18
17
16
(JR Bus)
Yaesu
Central
Gate
Waiting room
Yaesu South Gate
18
19
14
23
22 21
20
14
Waiting room
Waiting room
22
Nursery
8
7
5
1
Tokyo Station Gallery
JR EAST Travel Service Center
23
10
9
Marunouchi
North Gate
15
21
20
Nihombashi Gate
(Tohoku,Akita,Yamagata
Joetsu & Nagano Shinkansen)
Keiyo Underground
Yaesu Gate
17
16
15
Keiyo Line
(Underground)
6
3
2
4
THE TOKYO
STATION HOTEL
(B1)
Taxi
(B3)
Marunouchi
Central Gate
Marunouchi
South Gate
Marunouchi
Underground
North Gate
Marunouchi
Underground
South Gate
(B1)
(B4)
1
2
3
4
(B5)
Sobu Line
Platform
(Basement Level 5)
Marunouchi
Underground
Central Gate
Night view of restored Tokyo Station
1 2
3 4
(B4)
Keiyo Underground
Marunouchi Gate
(JR East)
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