日立駅
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1897
2月25日
It opened as Sukagawa Station on Nippon Railway and is a general station.
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日本鉄道の助川駅（すけがわえき）として開業。一般駅。
1906
11月1日
Nippon Railway was nationalized and became part of the government railway.
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日本鉄道が国有化され、官設鉄道の所属となる。
1908
11月
The Hitachi Mine dedicated electric railway opened as a railway line connecting Sukawa Station and Hitachi Mine.
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助川駅と日立鉱山を結ぶ鉄道路線として、日立鉱山専用電気鉄道が開業。
1909
10月12日
The line came under the Jōban Line due to the designation of line names.
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線路名称制定により常磐線の所属となる。
1939
10月20日
It was renamed Hitachi Station in conjunction with the establishment of Hitachi City on September 1 of the same year.
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同年9月1日の日立市成立にあわせ、日立駅に改称。
1946
11月18日
The Emperor Showa visited Hitachi City, with an imperial train operating from Tokyo Station to Hitachi Station and from Hitachi Station to Mito Station.
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昭和天皇が日立市に行幸（昭和天皇の戦後巡幸）。東京駅発 - 日立駅着、日立駅発 - 水戸駅着のお召し列車が運行。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道が発足。
1952
The station building was rebuilt.
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駅舎を改築。
1960
10月5日
The Hitachi Mine dedicated electric railway closed (passenger services had ended on May 31 of the same year).
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日立鉱山専用電気鉄道が閉業（人員輸送は同年5月31日で閉業）。
1977
The Hitachi Station Front Development Basic Concept was finalized.
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「日立駅前開発基本構想」がまとまる。
1983
3月
A sales contract was concluded between Hitachi City and Nippon Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha for approximately 12.5ha of land, including the site of the mineral loading yard of Hitachi Mine.
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日立市と日本鉱業株式会社との間で、日立鉱山の鉱物積出しヤードの跡地を含む約12.5haの土地に関する売買契約を締結。
1985
12月
The urban planning for urban facilities was decided.
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都市施設等の都市計画が決定。
1986
11月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物の取扱を廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station for JR East and JR Freight.
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国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本とJR貨物の駅となる。
1992
The Hitachi Station area, a city of play and creativity, received the Planning Design Award from the Japanese City Planning Institute.
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度：遊びと創造の都市（まち）「日立駅前地区」が公益財団法人 日本都市計画学会の「計画設計賞」を受賞する。
1992
12月
The Hitachi Station Front Development Project plan was formulated.
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「日立駅前開発整備計画」を策定。
1994
12月
The Hitachi Station area development project's land readjustment and settlement operations were completed.
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「日立駅前開発整備事業」換地処分及び清算事業が終了。
1997
3月5日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.
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自動改札機を設置し、供用開始する。
2004
10月16日
It was incorporated into the Tokyo suburban area and the use of the IC card "Suica" became possible, but only for the Mito direction.
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東京近郊区間に編入され、ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる（水戸方面のみ）。
2005
The project involved the preliminary and basic design for the construction of a free passage and the elevation of the station building.
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度：自由通路新設及び駅舎橋上化概略設計・基本設計。
2005
3月
The Hitachi Station area development concept was formulated.
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「日立駅前周辺地区整備構想」を策定。
2005
10月6日
The departure melody was changed.
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発車メロディを変更。
2006
Hitachi City, JR Freight, and JR East concluded a basic agreement regarding the development of the area surrounding Hitachi Station.
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日立市とJR貨物及びJR東日本が日立駅周辺地区整備事業に関する基本協定を締結。
2006
The urban planning was determined and the project was approved.
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都市計画決定及び事業認可。
2006
3月
The Hitachi Station surrounding area development study report was formulated.
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「日立駅周辺地区整備検討調査報告書」を策定。
2007
12月
The Hitachi Station area redevelopment project broke ground.
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「日立駅周辺地区整備事業」着工。
2008
3月15日
The IC card "Suica" became available for use as far as Takahagi Station.
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ICカード「Suica」が高萩駅まで利用が可能となる。
2011
The "Hitachi Station free passage and elevated station building" was selected for the "Ibaraki Design Selection 2011" governor's award.
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「いばらきデザインセレクション2011」知事選定に「日立駅自由通路及び橋上駅舎」が選ばれる。
2011
The "Machizukuri Green Ribbon Award" was given to the "Hitachi Station Free Passage Construction and Station Building Bridge Upperization Project".
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「まちづくりグリーンリボン賞」に「日立駅自由通路新設及び駅舎橋上化事業」が選ばれる。
2011
4月7日
The elevated station building was completed and put into service.
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橋上駅舎完成、供用開始。
2012
The Hitachi Station area redevelopment project won the 2012 Good Design Award.
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「日立駅周辺地区整備事業」が2012年度グッドデザイン賞を受賞。
2013
The Hitachi Station surrounding area won the Excellence Award in the Land and Space Category of the 2013 Urban Landscape Award.
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「日立駅周辺地区」が平成25年度都市景観大賞「土地空間部門」において、「優秀賞」を受賞。
2013
The Hitachi Station area won the Town Development Effect Award at the 8th Town Development Information Exchange Award.
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「日立駅周辺地区」が第8回まちづくり情報交流大賞において、「まちづくり効果賞」を受賞。
2013
Hitachi City received the 28th Urban Planning Association President's Award for its efforts in the "Hitachi Station surrounding area".
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日立市が、第28回都市計画協会会長賞を受賞。「日立駅周辺地区」の取り組みが評価される。
2014
10月15日
It received the "Outstanding Award" in the station building category at the Brunel Awards.
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ブルネル賞駅舎部門で「優秀賞」を受賞。
2016
Hitachi Station Free Passage and Station Surroundings Area Design received the Encouragement Award of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Design Award.
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「日立駅自由通路及び駅周辺地区デザイン」が土木学会デザイン賞奨励賞を受賞。
2019
9月
In 2019, an "Eki Piano" was installed for the first time at a station in Ibaraki Prefecture.
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（令和元年）：「えきピアノ」を茨城県内の駅として初めて設置。
2021
10月7日
The booth-type workspace "STATION BOOTH" opened.
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ブース型ワークスペース「STATION BOOTH」が開業。
2023
The station signs will be decorated to match the regional characteristics in conjunction with the Ibaraki Destination Campaign to be held in the fall of 2023.
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2023年秋に開催される「茨城デスティネーションキャンペーン」に合わせて、地域の特色に合わせた駅名標に装飾される。
2025
11月14日
The intra-station bridge was closed due to aging, and the use of temporary ticket gates was terminated.
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老朽化に伴い、構内こ線橋が閉鎖。臨時改札口の使用を終了。
2025
11月17日
The up-platform began using the Minami ticket gate.
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上りホームにて南改札口の使用を開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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常磐線・水戸線
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