Fukaya Station
Fukaya is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsIt opened as a station on the Nippon Railway.
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日本鉄道の駅として開業。
A dedicated railway line for Nippon Renga Manufacturing was laid.
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日本煉瓦製造の専用鉄道線が敷設される。
It was nationalized through acquisition under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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買収により国有化される。
The station became part of the Takasaki Line due to the designation of the line name.
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線路名称設定により高崎線の駅となる。
The fact that Fukaya City-based House of Representatives member Kiyoshirō Araki, who was the Minister of Transport at the time, added the station as an express stop surfaced, became a political issue, and Araki resigned as minister after just two months in office.
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深谷市を地盤にしていた衆議院議員の荒舩清十郎が、運輸大臣在任時に当駅を急行停車駅に追加させたことが表面化。政治問題化し、荒舩は就任2か月で大臣を辞任した（鉄道と政治#停車駅争奪戦・追加運動・臨時停車など、荒舩清十郎#来歴・人物も参照のこと）。なお、急行停車はその後も続き、特急に格上げされてからも引き続き停車駅になっている。ただ特急草津は当駅を通過している。
The dedicated line of Nippon Renga Seizō was abolished.
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日本煉瓦製造の専用線廃止。
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
The Midori-no-Madoguchi service began operations.
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みどりの窓口営業開始。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East), 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、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。同時に旅行センター開設。
The station building was rebuilt as an elevated station, modeled after Tokyo Station, which used bricks from Fukaya, and at the same time, automatic ticket gates began to be used.
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橋上駅舎に改築。東京駅が深谷産の煉瓦を使用していることにあやかり、東京駅を模して改築された。同時に自動改札機の使用を開始する。
It was selected as one of the 100 best stations in the Kanto region.
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関東の駅百選に選定される。
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。
Early morning unmanned operation.
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早朝無人化。
The station was outsourced, and the positions of Okazaki Station Master and Assistant Station Master were abolished, with the station coming under the management of Honjō Station Master.
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業務委託化。深谷駅長・助役を廃止し、本庄駅長管理下となる。
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
深谷市の名産品である深谷ねぎのイメージソング。
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What train lines connect at Fukaya Station?
Fukaya Station is served by Takasaki Line.