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18 Events
1889
1月16日
It opened as a station on the Mito Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
水戸鉄道の駅として開業。
1892
3月1日
It became a station of Nippon Railway through transfer.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
譲渡により日本鉄道の駅となる。
1898
The current station building was completed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
現駅舎が完成。
1906
11月1日
The station became part of the government railway, later Japanese National Railways, under the Railway Nationalization Act.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
鉄道国有法により、官設鉄道（のちに日本国有鉄道）の駅となる。
1909
10月12日
The station became part of the Mito Line due to the designation of line names.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
線路名称制定により、水戸線の駅となる。
1918
4月7日
The first generation Tsukuba Railway's station opened, but the section between Tsukuba and this station was suspended due to a vehicle shortage.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
筑波鉄道 (初代)の駅が開業。ただし、車両不足のため筑波 - 当駅間は休止状態だった。
1918
9月7日
The section including this station from Makabe to this station started operating.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
当駅を含む真壁 - 当駅間が営業開始。
1945
3月20日
The first Tsukuba Railway merged with Jōsō Railway to form Jōsō Tsukuba Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
筑波鉄道（初代）が常総鉄道と合併し、常総筑波鉄道が発足。
1965
6月1日
The Jōsō Tsukuba Railway merged with the Kashima Shrine Railway to form the Kantō Railway, with the Jōsō Tsukuba Railway becoming the Kantō Railway Tsukuba Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
常総筑波鉄道が鹿島参宮鉄道と合併して関東鉄道が発足。常総筑波鉄道は関東鉄道筑波線となる。
1979
4月1日
The Kanto Railway Tsukuba Line was spun off into Tsukuba Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
関東鉄道筑波線が筑波鉄道に分社化。
1981
The station building was rebuilt.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅舎を改築する
1982
1月20日
Japanese National Railways abolished freight handling.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄が貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1984
2月1日
Japanese National Railways abolished freight handling.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄が荷物扱いを廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a JR East station, and the Tsukuba Railway Tsukuba Line was abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本の駅となる。筑波鉄道筑波線が廃止。
2001
11月18日
The IC card Suica service began operation.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
ICカードSuica供用開始。
2014
4月1日
It becomes an outsourced station with JR Mito Railway Service commissioned to handle station operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR水戸鉄道サービスが駅業務を受託する業務委託駅となる。
2015
7月1日
Station operations were transferred to JR East Station Service.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅業務受託がJR東日本ステーションサービスへ移管。
2019
1月31日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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