Ishioka Station
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe station opened as a station on the Nippon Railway Tsukuba Line.
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日本鉄道土浦線の駅として開業。
Nippon Railway was nationalized and became part of the government railway, which later became Japanese National Railways.
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日本鉄道が国有化され、官設鉄道(後に日本国有鉄道)の所属となる。
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。
Kashima Shrine Railway's station opened.
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鹿島参宮鉄道の駅が開業。
The Imperial train carrying the Showa Emperor to the Imperial Japanese Army Special Grand Maneuvers (Gorin-do Field Headquarters) made a round trip between Mito Station and Ishioka Station.
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陸軍特別大演習(五輪堂野外統監部)に向かう昭和天皇乗車のお召し列車が、水戸駅 - 石岡駅間で往復運転。
The Emperor Showa visited Ishioka Town, with the Imperial train operating from Mito Station to Ishioka Station.
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昭和天皇が石岡町に行幸(昭和天皇の戦後巡幸)。お召し列車が水戸駅発 - 石岡駅着で運転。
Kashima Railway and Tsukuba Railway merged to form Kanto Railway, with Kashima Railway becoming the Kanto Railway Kōtō Line, but more accurately, Kashima Railway became the Kanto Railway Kōtō Line is incorrect and the correct translation is: Kashima Railway and Tsukuba Railway merged to form Kanto Railway, with Kashima Railway becoming the Kanto Railway Kotō Line.
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鹿島参宮鉄道と常総筑波鉄道が合併して関東鉄道が発足。鹿島参宮鉄道は関東鉄道鉾田線となる。
The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office was opened.
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みどりの窓口開設。
The Kōtō line of Kantō Railway was spun off to Kashima Railway.
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関東鉄道鉾田線が鹿島鉄道に分社化。
With the timetable revision, some limited express Hometown Liner Hachi trains began stopping.
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ダイヤ改正に伴い、一部の特急「ひたち」の停車開始。
Freight handling, excluding freight car transfer with Kashima Railway, was abolished.
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鹿島鉄道との貨車中継を除く貨物扱いを廃止。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、国鉄の駅は東日本旅客鉄道(JR東日本)の駅となる。
The Station Travel Center was renamed View Plaza.
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駅旅行センターをびゅうプラザに改称。
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。
The transfer of freight cars with Kashima Railway was abolished.
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鹿島鉄道との貨車中継を廃止。
The JR East IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
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JR東日本のICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
Reserved seat ticket vending machines began operation.
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指定席券売機稼動開始。
The Kashima Railway Line was abolished.
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鹿島鉄道線廃止。
The Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake caused extensive damage, including track distortion and platform destruction.
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東北地方太平洋沖地震(東日本大震災)により、線路のゆがみ、ホームの破損などの甚大な被害を受ける。
Operations resumed.
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営業再開。
This year, renovation work on the station building, passages, and surrounding areas began, with an estimated project cost of 3.66 billion yen for the renovation of the west entrance station plaza, the east-west free passage, the BRT dedicated station plaza, and the elevation of Ishioka Station.
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この年から駅舎・通路・周辺の整備工事を開始。西口駅前広場整備・東西自由通路整備・BRT専用駅前広場整備・石岡駅橋上駅舎化整備に向けて36億6千万円の事業費が見積もられている。
Part of the elevated station building was opened for use.
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橋上駅舎の一部が使用を開始。
Six unexploded Japanese military shells were found in the soil within the station grounds, prompting the deployment of the Japan Self-Defense Forces' bomb disposal unit, and train operations were suspended for about 4 hours on the Joban Line between Tsuchiura Station and Tomobe Station, including this station.
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当駅敷地内の土の中から旧日本軍の砲弾が6個見つかったため、自衛隊の不発弾処理隊が出動、当駅を含む常磐線土浦駅 - 友部駅間で約4時間運転を見合わせる。
The elevated station building was completed.
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橋上駅舎が完成。
The departure melody was changed.
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発車メロディを変更。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
茨城県の名前の由来となった場所が石岡市にあるほか、県の花がバラであることなどにちなむ。
石岡駅前で飼い主を待ち続けた忠犬タローの実話をもとにした曲。
石岡市で開催される常陸國總社宮大祭(石岡のおまつり)で演奏される囃子。
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