• 6 July 1927: The section between and was opened by the . • 1 November 1929: The section between and was opened by the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway. • 25 December 1929: The section between and was opened by Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway. • 29 June 1938: The Meguro-Kamata Railway was absorbed into the . • 15 January 1958: Electric supply was raised to 1,500 V DC. • 11 October 1963: The line was renamed the
Den-en-toshi Line, together with the section south of Futako-tamagawa. • 16 November 1977: Through running started between Shibuya and Nagatsuta. • 12 August 1979: The line was renamed the Ōimachi Line and separated from the Den-en-toshi Line south of Futako-tamagawa. • 23 February 2008:
ATS was replaced by
ATC. • 28 March 2008: Express services started. • 11 July 2009: The Ōimachi Line was extended to from . Express services on the line were lengthened from six to seven cars in late fiscal 2017, and the platforms at , , and were lengthened to handle the longer trains. Since December 2018, "Q Seat" reserved seating has been implemented on some express services that run between Ōimachi and Nagatsuta stations. ==References==