Ageo Station
Ageo is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe 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。
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
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Elevated platform construction work began.
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橋上化の工事開始。
The new station building began operating.
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新駅舎の営業開始。
The new station building was completed.
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新駅舎完成。
The Urawa incident occurred.
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上尾事件発生。
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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)。
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。
Some commuter rapid services began making stops.
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通勤快速の一部停車開始。
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。
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)。
E'site Urawa opened.
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E'site上尾が開業。
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。
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。
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。
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.