The station was inaugurated on October 14, 1872 (public service started on the following day).

[2] The original station building was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

[1] After the closing of the freight station, the site was transferred to JNR Settlement Corporation, but the sale of the land was not allowed for years due to political considerations of the impact of such a large area of land to the real estate market in Tokyo.

Per archaeological excavations accompanying the redevelopment of the Shiodome area carried out from 1991 to 2000, the foundations of platforms and station buildings, traces of hired foreigners' lodgings, and various railway-related artifacts, such as Western plates, liquor bottles, train tickets and other items were discovered.

The Shiodome area was opened for public as a business zone called Sio-site in 2002.