本庄
Honjo Station
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15 Events
1883
10月21日
It opened as a station on Nippon Railway, which was under construction from Ueno towards Maebashi.
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上野から前橋をめざして建設が進められていた、日本鉄道の駅として開業。
1906
11月1日
It was nationalized through acquisition under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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買収により国有化される。
1909
10月12日
The station became part of the Takasaki Line due to the designation of the line name.
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線路名称設定により高崎線の駅となる。
1915
9月20日
Honjō Electric Railway opened and extended to the front of Honjō Station.
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本庄電気軌道が開業し、本庄駅前に乗り入れる。
1930
6月1日
The entire Honjō Electric Railway line was suspended from operation.
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本庄電気軌道全線休止。
1933
5月1日
The entire Honjō Electric Railway line was abolished.
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本庄電気軌道全線廃止。
1962
4月1日
The overpass established in 1896 was rebuilt.
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1896年に設置された跨線橋を改築。
1980
Until around the Taisho period, trains had separate ticket gates.
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代]]半ばまでは列車別改札が行われていた。
1980
8月21日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1985
3月14日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
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
12月12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。
2016
3月10日
Early morning unmanned operation.
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早朝無人化。
2025
11月28日
Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
話せる指定席券売機を導入。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What train lines connect at Honjo Station?
Honjo Station is served by Takasaki Line.