Hoshikawa Station
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe station opened as Kita-Kurumegaoka Station on the Jin Tsu Railway, the predecessor to Sagami Railway, which at the time was the terminus on the Yokohama side and connected to Atsugi Station.
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神中鉄道(相模鉄道の前身)の北程ヶ谷駅として開業。当時は横浜側の終点であり、当駅と厚木駅を結んでいた。
It was renamed Hoshikawa Station.
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星川駅に改称。
The elevated station building was completed.
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橋上駅舎完成。
The functions of the Hoshikawa factory adjacent to the south of the station were transferred to Kashiwadai, and the site became an electric car storage yard and Hoshikawa conductor's office.
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駅南側に隣接していた星川工場の機能をかしわ台に移転。跡地は電留線と星川車掌区になる。
Due to the disposal of unexploded ordnance near Nishi-Yokohama Station during wartime, the section between this station and Yokohama Station was suspended, and express trains made a temporary stop at this station on this day only.
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西横浜駅付近の戦時中の不発弾処理に伴い、当駅 - 横浜駅間が運休となり、この日に限り急行が当駅に臨時停車。
Rapid service commenced, with the station becoming a stop.
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快速の運転が開始され、当駅が停車駅となる。
With the timetable revision on this day, the use of some electrified tracks within the station was discontinued and removal began.
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この日のダイヤ改正より駅構内の一部電留線を使用停止。撤去を開始。
With the timetable revision on this day, all electrified tracks within the station were temporarily taken out of service, with their functions transferred to Nishi-Yokohama Station.
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この日のダイヤ改正より駅構内のすべての電留線を一旦使用停止。西横浜駅へ機能を移管。
With the timetable revision due to the elevated construction work on this day, the up platform became a temporary platform and was widened, and initially the platform edge of the 3rd track had no roof.
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高架化工事によるこの日のダイヤ改正より上りホームが仮ホームになり、拡幅される。当初は3番線ホームの線路際は屋根が設置されていなかった。
The down platform was elevated.
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下りホームが高架化。
The up platform was elevated.
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上りホームが高架化。
The station's internal facilities were modified, with ticket gates consolidated into one location.
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駅構内設備を変更し、改札が1つに集約される。
The use of the first-floor free passageway and the stairs, escalators, and elevators outside the ticket gates began.
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1階南北自由通路及び改札外の階段、エスカレーター、エレベーターの使用を開始。
With the same day's timetable revision, the use of the electrified storage line, which was re-established on the elevated section, began, but the West Yokohama Station electrified storage line continued to be used due to an increase in the number of vehicles owned through direct operation with Tokyu Corporation.
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同日のダイヤ改正により、高架上に設置され復活した電留線の使用を開始。ただし東急電鉄直通による車両所有数増加により、西横浜駅電留線も継続使用。
The east gate passage began to be used and the first phase of "Hoshiten qlay", a facility utilizing the space under the elevated tracks, opened.
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東口通路の使用を開始。高架下を利用した施設「星天qlay」第1期オープン。
The subsidiary station name "FB Kōka Battery Head Office Front" was introduced.
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副駅名称「FB古河電池 本社前」を導入。
The use of platform doors began on platforms 2 and 3.
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2・3番線でホームドアの使用を開始。
The use of platform doors began on platforms 1 and 4.
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1・4番線でホームドアの使用を開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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