東千葉
Higashi-Chiba Station
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8 Events
1963
4月28日
The Bōsō East Line's switchback was eliminated by relocating Chiba Station 0.8 km west towards Nishi-Chiba.
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房総東線のスイッチバック解消のため千葉駅を西千葉寄りに0.8 km移転。
1965
12月20日
Before the relocation, a new Japanese National Railways station, Higashi-Chiba Station, was established on the Chōshi side of the old Chiba Station premises, handling only passengers.
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移転以前の旧千葉駅構内の銚子側に国鉄の駅として東千葉駅新設、旅客のみ取扱い。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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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。
1995
6月27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。
2008
3月18日
An elevator was installed at the south entrance.
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南口にエレベーター設置。
2008
12月25日
An elevator was installed at the north exit.
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北口にエレベーター設置。
2019
9月9日
In 2019, the station building's roof was damaged due to strong winds from the 2019 Bōsō Peninsula typhoon (Typhoon 15).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
（令和元年）：令和元年房総半島台風（台風15号）による強風の影響で、駅舎の屋根が破損する被害を受ける。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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千葉
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Higashi-Chiba Station is served by Sōbu Main Line.