Katsuragawa
Katsuragawa Station
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1944
9月1日
It opened as Katsuragawa Signal Field on the Japanese National Railways Hakodate Main Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国有鉄道函館本線の桂川信号場として開設。
1944
9月30日
However, according to Morimachi History, the opening date is listed as the same year.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
ただし、『森町史』では開設日を同年としている。
1949
6月1日
The Japanese National Railways (JNR) succeeded it with the enforcement of the Japanese National Railways Act.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本国有鉄道法施行に伴い、日本国有鉄道（国鉄）が継承。
1971
9月21日
The section between Tōshin Signal Field and Ishiya Station on the Hakodate Main Line was double-tracked.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
函館本線 当信号場 - 石谷駅間が複線化。
1973
The start of passenger services is unknown, but it is believed that passenger handling began by 1973 at the latest, as indicated by the notation in the Japanese National Railways Hokkaido General Bureau's publication "The Origin of Hokkaido Station Names".
Machine translation — show Japanese original
旅客扱いの開始時期は不明であるが、1973年に国鉄北海道総局が発行した『北海道 駅名の起源』に、桂川信号場が旅客を取り扱っていた旨の表記があり、遅くとも同年には仮乗降場として旅客扱いを開始していたと思われる。
1979
9月27日
The section of the Hakodate Main Line between Mori Station and Tōshin Signal Field was double-tracked, causing the signal field to lose its role, and passenger service continued as Katsuragawa temporary stop.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
函館本線 森駅 - 当信号場間が複線化され、信号場としての役割を喪失。引き続き、桂川仮乗降場（局設定）として旅客扱いを実施。
1987
4月1日
It was inherited by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) with the privatization of Japanese National Railways and simultaneously elevated to a station, becoming Katsuragawa Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化に伴い、北海道旅客鉄道（JR北海道）に継承。同時に駅に昇格し、桂川駅となる。
1990
3月10日
The operating kilometer was set.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
営業キロ設定。
2007
10月1日
Station numbering was implemented.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅ナンバリングを実施。
2016
6月2日
It was reported that Higashi-Mori Station, along with Toyama Station, Himekawa Station (now Himekawa Signal Field), Kitatoyotsu Station (now Kitatoyotsu Signal Field) in Toyoura, and Warabitai Station, would be abolished as part of a planned timetable revision scheduled for March 2017 by JR Hokkaido.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
同じ森町の東山駅、姫川駅（現：姫川信号場）、長万部町の北豊津駅（現：北豊津信号場）、蕨岱駅と共に、JR北海道から各町へ2017年3月実施予定のダイヤ改正に合わせて廃止の意向が示されていることが報道される。
2017
3月4日
It was abolished due to a decrease in users, coinciding with a timetable revision implemented on the same day.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
利用者減少に伴い、同日実施のダイヤ改正に合わせ廃止。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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