東村山駅
Higashi-Murayama Station
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33 Events
1894
12月21日
Kawagoe Railway opened Kume River Stop.
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川越鉄道 久米川停車場として開業。
1895
3月21日
With the opening of the Kumagawa - Kawagoe section (21.2 kilometers), Kumagawa Station was abolished.
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久米川 - 川越 (21.2キロメートル) 開通に伴い、久米川停車場廃止。
1895
8月6日
Higashimurayama Station started operating.
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東村山停車場として営業開始。
1916
With the start of mail collection and delivery at Higashimurayama Post Office, mail exchange began.
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東村山郵便局の集配開始に伴い、郵便物の受け渡しを始める。
1927
4月16日
The Murayama Line (now the Seibu Shinjuku Line) opened and a new station building was constructed.
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村山線（現・西武新宿線）開通。駅舎を新築する。
1930
4月5日
The section between Higashimurayama Station and Murayama Josui-ichi-mae Station (later Narima Station, then Sayama Park Station, but the correct translation is Murayama Reservoir Station, then Sayama Park Station) opened.
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東村山駅 - 村山貯水池前駅（のち狭山公園駅）間開業
1933
7月12日
Seibu Railway began operating a passenger automobile service between Higashi-Murayama and Kokubunji.
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西武鉄道東村山 - 国分寺間乗合自動車営業開始
1944
5月10日
Operations were suspended on the section between Higashimurayama Station and Sayamako Park Station.
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東村山駅 - 狭山公園駅間営業休止
1948
4月1日
Operations were resumed on the section between Higashimurayama Station and Murayama Reservoir Station (formerly Sayama Park Station).
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東村山駅 - 村山貯水池駅（旧・狭山公園駅）間営業再開
1948
11月5日
The Higashi-Murayama Station - Kokubunji Station section was electrified.
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東村山駅 - 国分寺駅間電化
1950
4月6日
Dual-track operation began between Higashimurayama Station and Yanase Signal Box.
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東村山駅 - 柳瀬信号所間複線運転開始
1963
4月21日
The platform for 6-car up train compositions began operation.
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上り6両編成対応ホーム使用開始
1971
10月20日
The elevated station building and east exit rotary were completed.
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橋上駅舎および東口ロータリー完成。
1975
6月2日
The platform began using 10-car train corresponding facilities.
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10両編成対応ホーム使用開始
1980
3月17日
A limited express rapid service operating only on holidays was established, and it became a stop.
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休日のみ運行の快速急行を設定、停車駅になる。
1991
2月14日
The transfer pedestrian bridge began operation.
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乗り換え跨線橋使用開始。
1993
9月9日
Automatic ticket gate machines began operation.
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自動改札機使用開始。
1998
3月26日
It became a passing station for rapid express trains and was closed on holidays.
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快速急行の通過駅となり、休日ダイヤでは運休になる。
2007
3月6日
It becomes a stop on the rapid express train for the first time in 9 years.
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9年ぶりに快速急行の停車駅になる。
2011
12月24日
A derailment accident occurred within the station premises involving a local train bound for Seibu Shinjuku departing from Seibu-en.
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西武園発西武新宿行き各駅停車による脱線事故が構内で発生。
2013
3月16日
With the timetable revision, it became a stop for the limited express "Koedo".
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ダイヤ改正に伴い、特急「小江戸」の停車駅となる。
2014
12月1日
The departure melodies for platforms 4-6 were changed to "Higashimurayama Ondo" (until March 31, 2016).
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4 - 6番ホームの発車メロディを『東村山音頭』に変更（2016年3月31日まで）。
2015
1月
Work on the elevated railway project commenced.
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高架化工事に着手。
2017
3月25日
The former 1st platform was abolished, the former 2nd platform was redesignated as the new 1st platform, and a new 2nd platform was established on the former 3rd platform towards Kokubunji.
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旧1番ホームを廃止、旧2番ホームを新1番ホームとした上で、新2番ホームを旧3番ホーム国分寺方に新設。
2019
Reiwa 1
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（令和元年）
2019
11月29日
The bridge-style station building was closed after the last train.
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終電をもって橋上駅舎を閉鎖。
2019
11月30日
The underground passage was opened to the public.
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地下通路供用開始。
2020
7月14日
The departure melodies for platforms 1 and 2 were changed to Azuma Yamato Ondo.
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1・2番ホームの発車メロディを『東村山音頭』に変更。
2021
2月
The demolition work on the elevated station building was completed.
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橋上駅舎解体工事完了。
2021
6月26日
A bronze statue commemorating the achievements of Ken Shimura was completed and unveiled at the east exit.
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東口に志村けんの功績を称える銅像が完成、除幕式が行われた。
2025
6月29日
The Shinjuku Line was switched to an elevated line for down trains in the direction of Tokorozawa and Kawagoe.
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新宿線下り（所沢・本川越方面）を高架線に切り替え{{Cite web |和書 |title=
2026
By the end of the year, the Kokubunji Line and the Seibu-en Line are scheduled to be switched to elevated tracks.
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度末：国分寺線と西武園線を高架に切り替え予定。
2027
By the end of the year, the upward New Line (toward Seibu Shinjuku) is scheduled to be switched to an elevated track.
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度末：新宿線上り（西武新宿方面）を高架に切り替え予定。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Departure Melodies
東村山音頭
西武鉄道
同年3月29日に死去し、6月25日に東村山市名誉市民に選定された志村けんの功績に対する感謝の気持ちを込めて復活。
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東村山音頭
東村山市の市制施行50周年を記念して使用されていた。
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