Iwatsuki Station
Iwatsuki is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe 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。
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。
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。
It was renamed Iwatsuki Station.
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岩槻駅へ改称。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The section between Nanari Station and this station was double-tracked.
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七里駅 - 当駅間複線化。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Departure melodies were introduced.
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発車メロディ導入。
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。
The station introduced station numbering (TD 06).
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駅ナンバリング導入(TD 06)。
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。
The platforms for tracks 2 and 3 were widened.
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2・3番線ホーム拡幅。
Elevator service began.
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エレベーター使用開始。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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
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.