Biwajima

Biwajima Station

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1886 4月1日

The first Kiyosu Station opened 3.8 km away from the current location and became the terminal when the government railway, later Japanese National Railways, extended the line from Atsuta Station.

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清洲駅（初代）として、現在地から3.8km離れたところに開業。官設鉄道（のちの国鉄→JR）が熱田駅から延伸した際の終着となる。

1886 5月1日

The Nagoya Stop (now Nagoya Station) was opened, and the government railway was extended from this station to Ichinomiya Station (now Owari-Ichinomiya Station), with this station becoming an intermediate stop.

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名護屋停車場(現在の名古屋駅)が開設。また官設鉄道が当駅から一ノ宮駅（現在の尾張一宮駅）まで延伸し、途中駅となる。

1891 10月28日

The Nōbi earthquake caused the station building to completely collapse.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

濃尾地震により本屋が全壊する。

1895 4月1日

The line name was established and it became part of the Tōkaidō Line, which was later renamed the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1909.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

線路名称が制定され、東海道線（1909年に東海道本線に改称）の所属となる。

1906 4月16日

It was relocated to its current location and renamed Tsurugaishima Station.

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現在の場所に移転し、枇杷島駅に改称する。

1980 10月1日

Freight handling, excluding dedicated line operations, was abolished.

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専用線発着を除く貨物の取扱を廃止する。

1985 3月14日

The handling of freight was abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

荷物の取扱を廃止する。

1987 4月1日

The station became a stop for both Tokai Railway Company (JR Central) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) following the privatization of Japanese National Railways.

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国鉄分割民営化により東海旅客鉄道（JR東海）と日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。

1993 3月18日

The Tōkai Kōtsū Jigyō (TKJ, now JR Tōkai Kōtsū Jigyō) Jōhoku Line was extended from Owari-Hoshioka Station and began serving this station.

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東海交通事業（TKJ、現在のJR東海交通事業）城北線が尾張星の宮駅から延伸し、当駅に乗り入れる。

1995

There was a dedicated line to Osaka Cement's cement packaging facility, and freight trains carrying cement arrived.

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大阪セメントのセメント包装所への専用線があり、セメント輸送貨物列車が到着していた。

1995 12月1日

The Osaka Cement dedicated line was abolished.

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大阪セメント専用線が廃止される。

2000 2月14日

Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。

2006 4月1日

The JR Freight station was abolished and cargo handling was terminated.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

JR貨物の駅が廃止され、貨物の取扱いが終了する。

2006 11月25日

The IC card "TOICA" becomes available for use, but only on JR Central.

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ICカード「TOICA」の利用が可能となる（JR東海のみ）。

2008

As a result, an entrance and exit were also installed on the east side of the station.

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これに伴い駅の東側にも出入口が設置される。

2008 12月13日

The elevated station building was put into use.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

橋上駅舎の使用を開始する。

2024 1月31日

The sales of the Japan Railways All Line Pass were discontinued.

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JR全線きっぷうりばの営業を終了。

2024 2月1日

The station became unmanned with the introduction of a customer support service at the same time as the installation of ticket vending machines with support for reserved seating.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

サポートつき指定席券売機の設置と同時に、お客様サポートサービス導入に伴い無人化。

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

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