Higashi-Omiya Station
Higashi Omiya is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe station opened as a Japanese National Railways (JNR) station on the section between Omiya Station and Hasuda Station (Toro Station was not yet open), with the station front being a thicket of trees at the time and most trains passing through.
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大宮駅 - 蓮田駅間（土呂駅は未開業）に日本国有鉄道（国鉄）の駅として開業。当時駅前は雑木林で、ほとんどの列車が通過していた。
The opening ceremony and completion commemoration ceremony were held.
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開業式・竣工祝賀式が行われる。
The town name was changed to Higashi-Ōmiya due to a change in the town name and address resulting from the implementation of the land readjustment project.
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砂土地区画整理事業（第1工区）の換地処分が前日に行われたことに伴い、町名地番変更が行われ、所在地の町名が「東大宮」になる。
After the Taisho period, the number of trains stopping at the station increased as the population in the surrounding area grew.
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代以降：周辺の人口が増加するとともに、停車する列車が増加。
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。
The station building "Beans Annex" opened on the west exit of the station.
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駅西口に駅ビル「ビーンズアネックス」開業。
An up escalator was installed at the east exit and operations began.
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東口に上りエスカレーターが設置され、運転開始。
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。
An elevator was installed at the west exit and operations began.
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西口にエレベーターが設置され、運転開始。
Elevators and up-and-down escalators were installed inside the ticket gates and operations began.
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改札内にエレベーターと上下エスカレーターが設置され、運転開始。
The unstaffing of stations during early morning hours and the introduction of a station remote control system, now known as the Customer Support Call System, were implemented at an unknown time.
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時期不明：早朝時間帯の無人化、および駅遠隔操作システム（現・お客さまサポートコールシステム）の導入。
An elevator was installed at the east exit and operations began.
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東口にエレベーターが設置され、運転開始。
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
Operations were outsourced.
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業務委託化。
Rapid service trains began stopping.
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快速列車が停車開始。
The NewDays KIOSK Higashi-Ōmiya Station ticket gate store closed.
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「NewDays KIOSK東大宮駅改札内店」が閉店。
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What train lines connect at Higashi-Omiya Station?
Higashi-Omiya Station is served by Utsunomiya Line.