岩槻

Iwatsuki Station

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1929 11月17日

The station was opened as Iwatsukichō Station when the Chiba New Town Railway Noda Line section between Sugawara Station, now known as Kasukabe Station, and Ōmiya provisional Station opened.

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北総鉄道野田線粕壁駅(現・春日部駅) - 大宮(仮)駅間開通時に岩槻町駅(いわつきちょうえき)として開設。

1929 11月22日

Hokuso Railway changed its company name to Sobu Railway.

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北総鉄道が総武鉄道に社名変更。

1938 8月22日

The Musashi Railway, which intersected with the Noda Line, was abolished, and the "Iwatsuki Station" located about 1km east of this station was also abolished.

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野田線と直交していた武州鉄道が営業廃止。当駅から東へ約1km離れた場所に位置していた「岩槻駅」も廃止となる。

1939 6月10日

It was renamed Iwatsuki Station.

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岩槻駅へ改称。

1944 3月1日

Based on the Land Transport Business Adjustment Law, the station became part of Tobu Railway's Noda Line after Tobu Railway absorbed Sobu Railway.

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陸上交通事業調整法に基づき、東武鉄道が総武鉄道を吸収合併したことに伴い、同社野田線の駅となる。

1954 7月1日

Minamisaitama District's Iwatsuki Town enforced its municipal system and its location became Iwatsuki City.

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南埼玉郡岩槻町が市制を施行し、所在地が岩槻市となる。

1969

Kirifuri: operates to Tobu-Nikko on mornings of holidays and to Omiya on evenings.

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「きりふり」: 日祝日朝方に東武日光行・夕方は大宮行運行。

1969

Ryūō: operates to Kinugawa Onsen on Saturday afternoons, with no services to Ōmiya.

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「りゅうおう」: 土曜昼に鬼怒川温泉行運行。大宮行はなし。

1969

The intermediate stops were limited to this station, Kasukabe Station, and Shimo-Imaichi Station, using 5700 series vehicles.

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途中停車駅:当駅・春日部駅・下今市駅のみ。車両は5700系を使用した。

1969 7月29日

The section between Nanari Station and this station was double-tracked.

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七里駅 - 当駅間複線化。

1969 9月27日

The station becomes a stop for the temporary express trains "Kirifuri" and "Ryūō" that operate to and from Ōmiya Station.

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大宮駅発着臨時急行「きりふり」・「りゅうおう」 の運行開始、停車駅となる。

1972 11月11日

The temporary express services "Kirifuri" and "Ryūō" were discontinued.

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臨時急行「きりふり」・「りゅうおう」運行終了。

1999 11月25日

The section between this station and Koiwa Station was double-tracked, and about half of the local trains operating between Omiya Station and this station were extended to Koiwa Station.

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当駅 - 東岩槻駅間複線化。大宮駅 - 当駅間の区間運転列車の約半数を東岩槻駅まで延長。

2005 4月1日

The city of Iwatsuki was incorporated into Saitama City, and the location became Saitama City's Iwatsuki Ward.

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岩槻市がさいたま市へ編入、所在地がさいたま市岩槻区となる。

2008 4月1日

Departure melodies were introduced.

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発車メロディ導入。

2009 12月1日

Station operations were entrusted to Tobu Station Service.

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駅業務を東武ステーションサービスへ委託。

2011 3月17日

The station introduced station numbering (TD 06).

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駅ナンバリング導入(TD 06)。

2013 6月29日

The ticket gates were relocated to a temporary station building.

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改札口を仮設駅舎へ移設。

2013 11月17日

The platforms for tracks 2 and 3 were widened.

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2・3番線ホーム拡幅。

2015 2月7日

Elevator service began.

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エレベーター使用開始。

2015 5月29日

The platform for Track 1 was extended towards Omiya, and the following May 30, the pedestrian overpass was closed with the start of use of new stairs.

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1番線ホームを大宮寄りへ延伸。翌5月30日に、新しい階段使用開始に伴い跨線橋閉鎖。

2015 7月31日

The up escalators on platforms 2 and 3 began operating.

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2・3番ホーム上りエスカレーター使用開始。

2016 1月27日

The 2nd and 3rd platforms were extended towards Kasukabe.

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2・3番ホームを春日部寄りへ延伸。

2016 3月26日

Express services began, and the station became a stop, with passing loops for local trains set during evening hours on weekends and holidays.

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急行運行開始、停車駅となる。土休日下り夕夜間帯は当駅で普通列車との緩急接続を設定。

2016 5月24日

The east-west free passage was opened to use and the west exit was newly established.

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東西自由通路使用開始。西口新設。

2016 5月31日

The elevated station building was put into use, and at the same time, Tobu Commerce opened a FamilyMart Iwatsuki Station store in the concourse outside the ticket gates.

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橋上駅舎使用開始。同時に東武商事により改札外コンコース内にファミリーマート岩槻駅店を開店。

2017 2月8日

The east exit's stairway on the Kasukabe side began operating.

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東口の春日部寄り昇降口使用開始。

2017 2月25日

The Tōei and Sōbu lines' East-West Free Passage temporary tourism information office in Kashiwa opened.

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東西自由通路に岩槻観光案内所を暫定開業。

2017 3月29日

The station building renovation project was completed and the west entrance rotary began to be used, and the Iwatsuki tourist information center was officially opened.

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駅舎改修事業竣工、西口ロータリー使用開始。岩槻観光案内所を正式開業。

2017 4月21日

The limited express "Urban Park Liner" service began operation, with the train stopping at this station only when departing from Asakusa and passing through when departing from Omiya.

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特急「アーバンパークライナー」運転開始。当駅は浅草発のみ停車、大宮発は通過となる。

2020 3月14日

The Urban Park Liner began making stops at Ōmiya.

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大宮発アーバンパークライナー停車開始。

2020 6月8日

The Urban Park Liner was newly established with two round trips (2-5) between Ōmiya Station and Kashiwa Station.

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アーバンパークライナーを大宮駅 - 柏駅間で2往復(2 - 5号)新設

2021 10月12日

Tobu Railway, Tobu Commerce, and FamilyMart jointly introduced a unmanned payment system developed by TOUCH TO GO at the renewed FamilyMart Iwatsuki Station store.

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東武鉄道、東武商事、ファミリーマートの3社により、TOUCH TO GOが開発した無人決済システムを導入した実用化店舗としてファミリーマート岩槻駅店をリニューアルオープン。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Iwatsuki Station is served by TD Tobu Urban Park Line.