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Ageo Station

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Ageo is a railway station in Tokyo.

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1883 7月28日

The station was opened by Nippon Railway and is one of the oldest stations in the prefecture and on the Takasaki Line, along with Urawa Station, Konosu Station, and Kumagaya Station.

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日本鉄道により開業。当駅は県内および高崎線内で浦和駅・鴻巣駅・熊谷駅と並び最も古い駅となっている。

1896

An overpass was constructed within the station premises.

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駅構内に跨線橋が築造される

1906 11月1日

The station became part of the government railway due to the railway nationalization.

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鉄道国有化にともない官設鉄道の駅となる。

1911 7月23日

A garden was built within the station premises and an opening ceremony was held.

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駅構内に庭園が築造され、開園式を挙行する。

1923

The station building was partially damaged due to the Great Kanto Earthquake and was repaired.

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関東大震災が発生し駅舎が一部したため修繕される。

1935 2月12日

The station building was rebuilt and operations began, with the completion ceremony held on April 7 of the same year in the plaza in front of the station.

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駅舎が改築され、駅舎の営業開始。なお、落成祝賀式は同年4月7日に駅前広場にて挙行された。

1960 6月1日

The overpass within the station premises was replaced and a celebratory party was held.

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駅構内の跨線橋が架け換えられ、祝賀会が挙行される。

1967 8月

Elevated platform construction work began.

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橋上化の工事開始。

1968 6月10日

The new station building began operating.

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新駅舎の営業開始。

1969 12月8日

The new station building was completed.

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新駅舎完成。

1973 3月13日

The Urawa incident occurred.

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上尾事件発生。

1980 8月21日

Freight handling was abolished.

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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。

1983 9月

The east exit redevelopment project was completed, with the commercial facility group "Aricobeer" being finished, and the free passage and the width of the upper and lower platforms were expanded.

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東口再開発事業が完了。商業施設群「アリコベール」完成。自由通路と上下ホーム幅が拡幅される。

1985 3月14日

New limited express trains began stopping and freight handling was abolished.

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新特急の停車開始。荷物扱い廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a JR East station, and a Travel Service Center was also opened at the same time.

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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、JR東日本の駅となる。同時に旅行センター開設。

1995 2月

A pedestrian deck was completed at the west entrance.

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西口にペデストリアンデッキが完成。

1995 3月2日

Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.

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自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。

2001 11月18日

The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.

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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。

2002 3月

The JR Urawa Station renovation research committee was established, comprising 20 members from various public and private organizations.

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「JR上尾駅改修等に係る研究会」発足(官民各団体20名)。

2003 3月24日

The research group submitted a proposal for the renovation of JR Urawa Station and other related matters to the city.

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研究会が「JR上尾駅改修等に係る提言書」を市に提出。

2004 10月16日

Some commuter rapid services began making stops.

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通勤快速の一部停車開始。

2007 4月19日

The temporary city council approved the construction contract for the station building renovation.

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臨時市議会で駅舎改修の工事委託契約を承認。

2007 6月23日

Renovation work on the station building commenced over a period of 3 years and 6 months, with total construction costs of 4.66 billion yen, of which the city of Ageo bore 3.651 billion yen.

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3年6か月の期間で駅舎改修工事着工。総工費は40億6,600万円(上尾市負担額 36億5,100万円)。

2010 3月14日

E'site Urawa opened.

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E'site上尾が開業。

2010 6月1日

The departure melody was changed to the Urawa City Song, but since the station is actually in Saitama Prefecture's Ageo City, it should be: The departure melody was changed to the Ageo City Song.

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発車メロディが「上尾市歌」に変更。

2011

The station building renovation was completed, and the east-west free passage was expanded from 8 m to 20 m.

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駅舎改修工事完成。東西自由通路が8 mから20 mに拡張。

2017 3月4日

It was excluded from the stops of the limited express Kusatsu train (now the Kusatsu/Shigaki train).

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特急草津号(当時。現在の「草津・四万」号)の停車駅から除外される。

2021 3月13日

With the abolition of the commuter rapid service that passed through this station, it became a stop for all rapid trains.

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当駅通過の通勤快速廃止に伴い、すべての快速列車の停車駅となる。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What train lines connect at Ageo Station?

Ageo Station is served by Takasaki Line.