銚子
Choshi Station
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22 Events
1897
6月1日
The station opened as a station on the original Sōbu Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
総武鉄道（初代）の駅として開業。
1900
3月28日
The freight branch line to Shinsei opened.
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新生までの貨物支線開業。
1907
9月1日
The Sōbu Railway was acquired and became a station of the Imperial Railway Agency.
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総武鉄道が買収され、帝国鉄道庁の駅となる。
1923
7月5日
The Chōshi Electric Railway opened.
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銚子電気鉄道開業。
1945
7月19日
The station building was lost to an air raid.
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空襲で駅舎が焼失。
1948
1月5日
The station building, which was destroyed in an air raid, was rebuilt.
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空襲で焼失した駅舎再建。
1974
4月21日
The Midori-no-Madoguchi and Travel Centers began operations.
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みどりの窓口および旅行センターの営業を開始。
1974
10月26日
The Sakura - Choshi section was electrified.
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佐倉 - 銚子間電化。
1978
3月31日
The freight branch line between Chōshi and Shinsei was abolished.
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銚子 - 新生間の貨物支線が廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the Sōbu Main Line became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、総武本線は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1997
6月1日
The 100th anniversary of the opening was commemorated with a memorial event held on July 6.
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開業100周年。7月6日記念イベント開催。
2007
2月1日
Renovation work on the station building was carried out in conjunction with the Chiba Destination Campaign on April 30, with the addition of NEWDAYS, multi-functional toilets, a waiting room, and the Choshi City Tourism Association.
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4月30日の「ちばデスティネーションキャンペーン」に併せて駅舎のリニューアル工事実施。NEWDAYS・多機能トイレ・待合室や銚子市観光協会などが新設。
2009
3月14日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use and the station is incorporated into the Tokyo suburban area, with automatic ticket gates starting operation.
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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。東京近郊区間に組み込まれる。自動改札機稼働開始。
2016
10月
Construction to rebuild the station building began, with the restroom closed and a temporary restroom brought into use, the waiting room closed, and NEWDAYS closed with a temporary KIOSK used instead.
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駅舎建替え工事開始。トイレ閉鎖・仮設トイレ使用開始。待合室閉鎖。NEWDAYS閉鎖・仮設KIOSK使用開始。
2017
7月16日
The old station building, excluding the staff quarters, was closed, and the new station building's station office, station rental car office, and tourist information office were completed and began operating, with temporary ticket gates and a temporary ticket office also starting use.
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職員用詰所部分を除く旧駅舎閉鎖。新駅舎の駅事務室、駅レンタカー営業所、観光協会案内所部分竣工し、移転使用開始。仮設改札口、仮設券売所使用開始。
2018
2月16日
The new station building's ticket gates, concourse, and waiting room began operation.
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新駅舎の改札口、コンコース、待合室使用開始。
2018
3月1日
The restrooms in the new station building were opened for use and the temporary restrooms were closed.
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新駅舎のトイレ使用開始。仮設トイレ閉鎖。
2018
3月23日
The sales of NewDays and ekiben were resumed, with the temporary KIOSK closing on March 14.
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NewDays及び駅弁の販売再開（仮設KIOSKは3月14日で閉鎖）。
2018
3月28日
The construction of the new station building was completed.
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新駅舎の建築工事完工。
2018
4月13日
The opening ceremony for the new station building was held.
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新駅舎のオープニングセレモニー開催。
2022
10月31日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2022
11月1日
Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
話せる指定席券売機を導入。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (SŌBU MAIN LINE)
1・2
成東 · 八街 · 千葉
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Choshi Station?
Choshi Station is served by Sōbu Main Line.