荒川沖駅

Arakawaoki Station

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15 Events

1896 12月25日

The station opened as a Nippon Railway station and began passenger and freight operations.

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日本鉄道の駅として開業、旅客・貨物営業を開始。

1906 11月1日

Nippon Railway was nationalized and became part of the government railway.

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日本鉄道が国有化され、官設鉄道の所属となる。

1909 10月12日

The line came under the Jōban Line due to the designation of line names.

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線路名称制定により常磐線の所属となる。

1949 6月1日

Japanese National Railways was established.

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日本国有鉄道が発足。

1978 2月15日

The elevated station building was completed, becoming the first elevated station within the Mito Railway Management Bureau.

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橋上駅舎落成。水戸鉄道管理局内で初の橋上駅となる。

1978 11月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

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荷物の取り扱いを廃止。

1986 11月1日

The handling of carload freight was limited to only private railway sidings.

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車扱貨物の取り扱い範囲を専用線発着のみに限定。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）・日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。

1995 2月18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。

2006 3月18日

Freight train operations were abolished.

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貨物列車の設定を廃止。

2008 3月23日

The Tsuchiura mass murder occurred within the premises.

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構内で土浦連続殺傷事件が発生。

2009 8月1日

The departure melody was changed.

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発車メロディを変更。

2018 4月10日

Operations were outsourced.

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業務委託化。

2022 3月12日

With the timetable revision, the number of limited express train stops at the station was changed to 3 down trains and 2 up trains throughout the day, similar to Hitachino-Ushiku Station.

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ダイヤ改正により、ひたち野うしく駅と同様に特急列車の停車本数を終日、下りは3本、上りは2本に変更。

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

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