吉祥寺

Kichijoji Station

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Kichijoji is a railway station in Tokyo.

Kichijoji Station (吉祥寺) is an elevated station in Kichijōji-Minamichō, Musashino, Tokyo. JR East runs the Chūō Line (Rapid) and Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local) here. It opened on 30 December 1899.

History

The station opened on 30 December 1899 as a Koshu Railway station, for passengers and freight. It came under state control on 1 October 1906. It was assigned to the Chuo East Line on 12 October 1909, and that line was later renamed the Chuo Main Line.

JNR moved to a temporary platform on 20 December 1964 for elevated track works. Freight handling ended on 5 April 1965. The elevated station opened on 29 October 1967. On 6 April 1969 the local Chuo-Sobu trains and the Tozai Line through trains were extended from Ogikubo to Mitaka. A travel centre opened on 10 December 1969.

Parcel handling ended on 14 March 1985. A square on the north side was completed on 21 March 1987, and JR East took over the station on 1 April 1987. Automatic ticket gates came into use on 17 June 1992. Suica could be used from 18 November 2001. Renovation work began in August 2009.

The station was outsourced to a contractor on 1 December 2018, and the Biu travel centre closed on 30 September 2020. A shared office booth opened inside the gates on 9 November 2021.

The Narita Express limited express lost its through service on the Chuo Rapid Line on 16 March 2024, and no limited express stopped here after that. Slit-frame platform doors for the Chuo and Sobu local platforms are planned for the fiscal year 2026.

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Written by an AI from this station's own sourced facts (the dated events in the Data view), nothing else, and checked by a program for dates and numbers that are not in those facts. It can still be wrong. Found a mistake? . Adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; this text is shared under the same licence.

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37 Events
1899 12月30日

The station opened as a station on the Kobu Railway and began handling passengers and freight.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

甲武鉄道の駅として開設。旅客・貨物取扱開始。

1906 10月1日

With the nationalization of Kobu Railway, it became a station of the Ministry of Railways.

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甲武鉄道国有化に伴い、鉄道省の駅となる。

1909 10月12日

The line was designated as part of the Central East Line, which became the Central Main Line in 1911.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

線路名称制定により中央東線（1911年から中央本線）所属となる。

1934 4月1日

Teito Electric Railway, now the Keio Inokashira Line, opened to this station.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

帝都電鉄（現・京王電鉄井の頭線）が当駅まで開業。

1940 5月1日

Teito Electric Railway merged into Odakyu Railway and became a station on the latter's Teito Line.

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帝都電鉄が小田原急行鉄道に合併し、同社帝都線の駅となる。

1942 5月1日

Odakyu Electric Railway was merged into Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway, also known as the Dai-Tokyu.

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小田急電鉄が東京急行電鉄（大東急）に併合。

1948 6月1日

It separated from Tokyu and became a station on Keio Teito Electric Railway's Inokashira Line.

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東急から京王帝都電鉄が分離し、同社井の頭線の駅となる。

1949 6月1日

Japanese National Railways was established.

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日本国有鉄道発足。

1964 12月20日

Japanese National Railways relocated to a temporary platform due to elevated track construction work.

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国鉄が高架化工事に伴い仮設ホームに移転。

1965 4月5日

The Japanese National Railways discontinued its freight handling operations.

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国鉄の貨物取扱廃止。

1967 10月29日

The Japanese National Railways station was elevated.

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国鉄の駅が高架化される。

1969 4月6日

The Chuo-Sobu Line (all-stations train) and the through train of Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Eidan) Tozai Line were extended from Ogikubo to Mitaka (quadruple-tracking).

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中央・総武線（各駅停車）および営団地下鉄東西線直通電車が荻窪から三鷹まで延長（複々線化）。

1969 12月3日

The Kichijoji Station Building "Kichijoji Lonlon" opened at the north exit.

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北口に吉祥寺ステーションビル「吉祥寺ロンロン」開業。

1969 12月10日

The Travel Center began operations.

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旅行センター営業開始。

1970 11月

The Terminal Echo station building, an 8-story above-ground and 2-story below-ground structure located at the south entrance, opened for business, later becoming the Yuzawaya Kichijoji store.

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南口の地上8階・地下2階建て駅ビル「ターミナルエコー」開業（その後ユザワヤ吉祥寺店）。

1985 3月14日

The Japanese National Railways abolished freight handling.

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国鉄の荷物扱い廃止。

1987 3月21日

The north entrance station plaza was completed and a commemorative ceremony and event were held.

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北口駅前広場が完成、記念式典・イベントを開催。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the stations on the Chuo Main Line were transferred to East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、中央本線の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）に移管。

1989 8月26日

In 1989, Lonlon was renovated and reopened.

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（平成元年）：「ロンロン」リニューアルオープン。

1992 6月17日

JR East installed and began using automatic ticket gates at the east ticket gate.

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JR東日本の東改札で自動改札機を設置、使用開始。

2001 11月18日

IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.

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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。

2006 4月21日

An accident occurred where a train collided with the protective railing on the Keio Inokashira Line platform, injuring several passengers on board, and afterwards, the stopping position was shifted about 5 meters towards Shibuya on the excess platform section that had been provided for one extra car.

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京王井の頭線ホームで防護枕木に列車が衝突する事故が発生。乗車していた乗客数人が負傷した。この日以降、渋谷寄りに1両分余分に設けられていたプラットホーム部分に停止位置を約5 m程ずらす措置が採られる。

2007 3月18日

IC card "PASMO" became available for use on Keio Electric Railway.

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京王電鉄でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。

2009 8月

JR East commenced renovation work.

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JR東日本が改修工事に着手。

2010 3月31日

The Keio Kichijoji station building closed, and the underground passageway was also closed at the same time.

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京王吉祥寺駅ビルが閉店。同時に地下通路も閉鎖。

2010 4月

In early month, Keio Electric Railway started rebuilding the station building at Kichijoji Station.

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上旬：京王電鉄が吉祥寺駅の駅ビル建て替えに着手。

2010 4月1日

Kichijoji RonRon was renamed to Atre Kichijoji and reopened after its first-phase renovation.

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吉祥寺ロンロンが「アトレ吉祥寺」に改称、第1期リニューアルオープン。

2010 9月21日

Atre Kichijoji had its grand opening.

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アトレ吉祥寺グランドオープン。

2014 4月23日

The Shinjuku Keio Kichijoji station building "KIRARINA Keio Kichijoji" opened.

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新京王吉祥寺駅ビル「キラリナ京王吉祥寺」オープン。

2015 12月6日

The use of platform doors began on Keio Line 1 platform.

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京王1番線ホームでホームドアの使用開始。

2016 2月14日

The use of platform doors began on the Keio Line 2 platform.

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京王2番線ホームでホームドアの使用開始。

2018 12月1日

The JR East station was outsourced and the affiliated View Plaza was transferred to the management of View Travel Service.

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JR東日本の駅が業務委託駅化。併設のびゅうプラザがびゅうトラベルサービスに運営を移管。

2020 9月30日

The Byū Plaza ceased operations.

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びゅうプラザの営業終了。

2021 11月9日

A telework booth called "STATION BOOTH" for the station-in-office "STATION WORK" was opened inside the ticket gates of JR East.

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JR東日本の改札内に駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION WORK」のテレワークブース「STATION BOOTH」が開設。

2022 4月15日

The sales of commuter passes at Keio Electric Railway ended.

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京王電鉄の定期券売り場の営業終了。

2024 3月16日

With the timetable revision, the Narita Express through service on the Chuo Rapid Line was abolished, and express trains stopping at the station ceased to exist.

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ダイヤ改正に伴い特急「成田エクスプレス」の中央快速線直通系統が廃止され、当駅に停車する特急列車が消滅した。

2026

JR East's platforms 1 and 2 (Chuo/Sobu Line local trains) will start using sliding frame platform doors (planned).

Machine translation — show Japanese original

度：JR東日本の1・2番線（中央・総武線各駅停車）ホームでスリットフレームホームドアの使用を開始（予定）。

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

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Kichijoji Station is served by Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local).