Kitamoto Station
Kitamoto is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe Honshuku Signal Box was established, located near the current crossing of Saitama Prefectural Route 312, unlike the current station location.
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本宿信号所が開設される。信号所の場所は現在の駅がある場所とは異なり、現在の埼玉県道312号下石戸上菖蒲線（通称・南大通り線）の跨線橋付近に位置していた。
Honnshuku Signal Station becomes Honnshuku Signal Field.
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本宿信号所が本宿信号場になる。
A train packed with victims of the Great Kantō earthquake was involved in a derailment and overturning accident within the signal field.
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関東大震災の被災者を満載した列車が、信号場構内で脱線転覆事故を起こす。
Honnshuku Signal Field was elevated to a station and opened as Kita-Motojuku Station.
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本宿信号場が駅に昇格し、北本宿駅（きたもとじゅくえき）として開業する。
The location of Kitamatsu Station, Nakamaru Village, merged with neighboring Ishido Village, and was renamed Kitamatsu Village after the station.
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北本宿駅所在地の中丸村と隣接する石戸村が合併し、駅名から北本宿村となる。
The station was renamed Kitamoto Station to match the town name when Kitamoto Village was renamed Kitamoto Town upon its town establishment in 1959.
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北本宿村が1959年の町制施行の際に名称を北本町に変更したため、駅名を町名に合わせて北本駅に改称する。
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
The elevated station was completed.
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橋上駅完成。
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。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
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。
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
The Kitamoto Station west entrance building opened.
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北本駅西口ビルが開業。
Early morning unmanned operation.
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早朝無人化。
Operations were outsourced.
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業務委託化。
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What train lines connect at Kitamoto Station?
Kitamoto Station is served by Takasaki Line.