東鷲宮
Higashi-Washinomiya Station
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Higashi Washinomiya is a railway station in Tokyo.
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11 Events
1981
4月15日
It opened as a Japanese National Railways (JNR) freight station, consolidating freight handling from four surrounding stations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
周辺4駅の貨物取扱を集約し、日本国有鉄道（国鉄）の貨物駅として開業。
1982
6月23日
Passenger operations began and it became a general station, initially with only five up trains in the morning and five down trains in the evening stopping, but this situation was resolved about five months later with a timetable revision.
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旅客営業開始、一般駅となる。開業当時は朝の上り5本と夕の下り5本しか列車が停車しなかったが、この状態は約5か月後に行われたダイヤ改正で解消した。
1983
5月31日
The Shōwa Emperor visited Saitama Prefecture, with an imperial train running from Harajuku Station to Higashi-Washinomiya Station.
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昭和天皇が埼玉県に行幸。原宿駅発、東鷲宮駅着でお召し列車が運行。
1986
11月1日
Freight operations were discontinued and it became a passenger station.
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貨物営業廃止、旅客駅となる。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
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。
2001
11月18日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2016
2月20日
On this day, the Midori-no-Madoguchi ended operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
この日をもってみどりの窓口が営業を終了。
2016
3月26日
A Japanese National Railways freight station was established by this day's timetable revision, and freight operations resumed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
この日のダイヤ改正までにJR貨物の駅が設置され、貨物営業再開。
2019
7月1日
In 2019, operations were outsourced.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
（令和元年）：業務委託化。
2020
12月11日
The station is unmanned during certain hours, during which time an interphone is used to connect with Kuki Station to handle ticket gate duties.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
一部時間帯無人化。この間はインターホンを使い久喜駅と繋ぎ改札業務を行う。
2022
A major renovation of the underground passageway connecting the east side was completed, and elevators and escalators were installed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東側とを連絡する地下通路の大規模改修工事が完了し、エレベーター・エスカレーターが設置される。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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1
Down
小山 · 宇都宮 · 黒磯
2
Up
大宮 · 東京 · 新宿
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
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Higashi-Washinomiya Station is served by Utsunomiya Line.