Hoshakuji Station
Hoshakuji is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsIt opened as a station on the Nippon Railway.
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日本鉄道の駅として開業。
It was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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鉄道国有法により国有化。
The line came under the Tōhoku Main Line with the designation of line names.
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線路名称制定により東北本線の所属となる。
The section between the current station and Karasuyama on the Karasuyama Line was opened.
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烏山線 当駅 - 烏山間が開通。
The Utsunomiya Army Air Factory Line was completed.
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宇都宮陸軍航空廠線竣工。
Train operation on the Utsunomiya Army Air Factory Line began.
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宇都宮陸軍航空廠線列車運行開始。
A US military F6F-5 aircraft strafed disembarking passengers with machine guns, injuring four, one of whom died, and three of five additional injured people died that evening.
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アメリカ軍のF6F-5型艦載機が下車中の乗客を機銃掃射で襲撃し負傷者4人のうち1人死亡、同日夕刻負傷者5人のうちの3人が死亡。
The Utsunomiya Army Air Factory Line was abolished.
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宇都宮陸軍航空廠線廃止。
With the timetable revision, the use of the Maruzen Petroleum dedicated line was ended and freight handling was abolished.
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ダイヤ改正に伴い、丸善石油専用線の使用を終了。荷物扱い廃止。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of JR East and JR Freight.
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国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本・JR貨物の駅となる。
The IC card Suica service began operation.
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ICカードSuica供用開始。
A dedicated line continued to Taiheiyo Cement Utsunomiya North Service Station located north of the station, and was used for cement transportation, but was abolished after being converted to truck transportation.
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駅北側にある太平洋セメント宇都宮北サービスステーションへ専用線が続き、セメント輸送を行っていたが、トラック輸送に転換されて廃止された。
Freight train operations were abolished.
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貨物列車の設定を廃止。
The elevated station building was put into service and the east exit began to be used.
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橋上駅舎の供用が開始され、東口の使用を開始。
Reserved seat ticket vending machines began operation.
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指定席券売機稼動開始。
The west entrance began normal use.
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西口の通常使用を開始。
It received an Encouragement Award in the architecture category at the Brunel Award international design competition for railway design.
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鉄道デザインの国際デザインコンペティション「ブルネル賞」で建築部門の奨励賞を受賞。
In 2019, an event was held to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the station's opening.
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（令和元年）：駅開業120周年イベントを開催。
With the timetable revision, the electric trains on the Utsunomiya Line between Kuroiso Station and Utsunomiya Station were unified to one-man operation using the E131 series, and Green car service ended, resulting in a maximum of 6 cars for through trains.
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ダイヤ改正により宇都宮線黒磯駅 - 宇都宮駅間の電車がE131系でのワンマン運転に統一され、グリーン車の営業（乗り入れ）が終了。これに伴い、乗り入れ両数が最大6両になる。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What train lines connect at Hoshakuji Station?
Hoshakuji Station is served by Karasuyama Line, Utsunomiya Line.