Katsuta Station
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History, melodies, surroundingsOperations handling began.
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運転業務取り扱い開始。
The station opened as Katsuta Station on the Tetsudoin Jōban Line and began handling passengers and freight.
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鉄道院常磐線の勝田駅として開業。旅客・貨物の取扱を開始。
The Minato Railway (predecessor of Ibaraki Kotsu) Minato Line opened, becoming a transfer station.
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湊鉄道(茨城交通の前身)湊線が開業。乗換駅となる。
The Hitachi, Ltd. Mito Factory dedicated line opened for the transportation of raw materials and finished products, and employee commuter train service began.
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日立製作所水戸工場専用線、原料の搬入並びに製品の搬出のため開通。社員輸送列車運輸開始。
With the integration of transportation, Ibaraki Kotsu was established, and the stations of Minato Railway became the stations of Ibaraki Kotsu.
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交通統合により茨城交通発足。湊鉄道の駅は茨城交通の駅となる。
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道が発足。
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。
Japanese National Railways discontinued freight handling at the station, and on the same day, Ibaraki Kotsu also discontinued handling of car freight at the station.
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国鉄の駅で貨物の取扱を廃止。同日に茨城交通も当駅での車扱貨物の取扱を廃止。
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office was opened.
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みどりの窓口開設。
A Japanese National Railways station resumed handling freight, but only for special cargo transport and no other records exist.
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国鉄の駅で貨物の取扱を再開。ただし、甲種輸送以外の実績はない。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the Japanese National Railways stations became stations of JR East and JR Freight.
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国鉄分割民営化により、国鉄の駅はJR東日本・JR貨物の駅となる。
The Hitachi Ltd. employee transport train was abolished.
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日立製作所社員輸送列車廃止。
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。
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on the JR East Mito line.
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JR東日本水戸方面でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
The station was elevated.
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橋上駅舎化。
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on the JR East Hitachi direction line.
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JR東日本日立方面でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
Ibaraki Kotsu transferred the Minato Line to Hitachinaka Seaside Railway, and Ibaraki Kotsu's stations became Hitachinaka Seaside Railway's stations.
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茨城交通が湊線をひたちなか海浜鉄道に移管。茨城交通の駅はひたちなか海浜鉄道の駅となる。
The station building's ceiling collapsed due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (Great East Japan Disaster).
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東北地方太平洋沖地震(東日本大震災)により、駅舎の天井が崩落する被害を受ける。
The JR station resumed operation.
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JRの駅が営業再開。
The stations of Hitachinaka Seaside Railway resumed operation.
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ひたちなか海浜鉄道の駅が営業再開。
On this day only, a station on the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway displayed its station name sign as "Katta Station" in reference to the main character Katta from the anime "Duel Masters".
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この日限定で、ひたちなか海浜鉄道の駅がアニメ『デュエル・マスターズ』の主人公「切札勝太」にちなみ、駅名標での表示が「勝太駅」となる。
A tourist information office was set up near the ticket gate.
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改札脇に観光案内所を設置。
The station sign at Katsuta Station will be decorated with a design featuring the Kairakuen garden and Nemophila cochlearia among others in the Hittachi Seaside Park, in conjunction with the Ibaraki Destination Campaign to be held in autumn 2023.
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2023年秋に開催される「茨城デスティネーションキャンペーン」に合わせて、地域の特色を生かした駅名標に装飾される。勝田駅は国営ひたち海浜公園および園内を彩るネモフィラ・コキアなどをモチーフとしたデザイン。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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