Higashi-Matsudo Station
Higashi Matsudo is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe station on the Hokusō Line opened in 1991, but the intersecting Musashino Line did not have a station for 7 years afterwards, during which time passengers transferring between the Hokusō Line and the Musashino Line used Shin-Yabashira Station as a transfer point via mutual through operation with the New Keisei Electric Railway New Keisei Line, now the Keisei Matsudo Line.
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北総線の駅は1991年に開業していたが、交差する武蔵野線にはそれから7年間駅は設置されなかった。当時、新京成電鉄新京成線（現在の京成松戸線）と北総線は相互直通運転を実施しており、北総線 - 武蔵野線の乗り継ぎ客は、新京成線を経由して新八柱駅を乗り換え駅としていた。しかし、新京成線の新鎌ヶ谷駅開業によって、相互直通運転は終了し、同駅と新八柱駅で2度の乗り換えが必要となった。
The bus stop was initially located at the current site of McDonald's.
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当初、バス乗降場は現在のマクドナルドの位置にあった。
The station opened as a station on the Hokusō Line of the North Total Development Railway, initially with a single island platform serving two tracks.
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北総開発鉄道北総線の駅として開業。当時は島式ホーム1面2線。
Construction work began on the station facilities for the Musashino Line.
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武蔵野線の駅開設工事を開始。
The JR East railway station was opened in 1998 as a requested station, following repeated requests from users and Matsudo City, among others, to establish a station on the Musashino Line, with Matsudo City also shouldering some of the costs.
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JR東日本の鉄道駅は、設置予定はなかったが、武蔵野線に駅を設置するように利用者や松戸市などから要望が相次ぎ、費用負担を松戸市も行うということ（支出したのは紙敷土地区画整理組合）で、1998年に請願駅が開業した。
Both lines had the provisional name "Kamishiki" before opening, based on the local place name at the time, but were renamed "Higashi-Matsudo" upon opening.
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両線とも開業前の仮称は当時の地名の「紙敷」だったが、開業時に「東松戸」とされた。
The Musashino Line station building opened, with automatic ticket gates installed from the time of opening, and the station front rotary, currently in use, began operation.
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武蔵野線駅舎が開業。開業時より自動改札機を設置。これに伴い駅前ロータリー（現在）の使用を開始。
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
Due to the change in company and line names, it became a station on the Hokusō Railway Hokusō Line.
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社名・路線名称の変更により、北総鉄道北総線の駅となる。
IC card "PASMO" became available for use on the Hokusō Railway.
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北総鉄道でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
An up-only platform was newly established, but the passing loop was not used, resulting in a 2-face-2-line island platform configuration.
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上り専用ホームが新設されたが、待避設備は使用されず島式ホーム2面2線となる。
It becomes a stop for limited express and express trains on the Hokusō Line.
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北総線の特急・急行の停車駅となる。
The passing loop facility was put into use, and it became an island platform with 2 faces and 4 lines.
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日付不明：待避設備の使用が開始され、島式ホーム2面4線となる。
With the opening of the Keisei Narita Airport Line (Narita Sky Access Line), the stations on the Hokusō Line became shared stations with Keisei Electric Railway and stops for the Access Express.
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京成成田空港線（成田スカイアクセス線）の開業により北総線の駅は京成電鉄との共同使用駅となり、アクセス特急の停車駅となる。
JR East ended the operation of its Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket counters at its stations.
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JR東日本の駅のみどりの窓口の営業を終了。
JR East stations were outsourced.
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JR東日本の駅が業務委託化される。
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Higashi-Matsudo Station is served by Narita Sky Access Line (KS-SA), Musashino Line.