甲府駅
Kōfu Station
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1903
6月11日
The station opened as the terminus of an extension of the government railway from Hatsukano Station, now known as Kai-Yamato Station, and is a general station.
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官設鉄道が初鹿野駅（現在の甲斐大和駅）から延伸、その終着駅として開業。一般駅。
1903
12月15日
The government railway was extended to Nunozaki Station.
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官設鉄道が韮崎駅まで延伸。
1904
12月27日
Yamanashi Horse-Drawn Railway, later known as Kofu Electric Railway, extended to the station.
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駅前に山梨馬車鉄道（のちの甲府電車軌道）が乗り入れ。
1909
10月12日
The line came under the ownership of the Japanese National Railways due to the designation of national railway line names and became part of the Central East line.
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国有鉄道線路名称の制定により、中央東線所属となる。
1911
5月1日
The Chūō West Line was merged into the Chūō East Line and became part of the Chūō Main Line.
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中央西線が中央東線に編入され、中央本線所属となる。
1924
3月19日
A fire broke out from a stove in the waiting room, completely burning down the station building.
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待合室にあったストーブから失火し、駅舎が全焼する。
1925
4月4日
The second-generation station building was constructed.
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二代目駅舎が建てられる。
1927
7月1日
Kofu Electric Railway halted operations.
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甲府電車軌道が営業を休止。
1928
3月30日
The Fuji Minobu Railway Line was extended from Ichikawa-Daimon Station and entered this station.
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富士身延鉄道線が市川大門駅から延伸し、当駅に乗り入れ。
1932
12月27日
The station was served by the Yamanashi Electric Railway line in front of the station.
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駅前に山梨電気鉄道線が乗り入れ。
1941
5月1日
The Fuji Minobu Railway was nationalized and became the Ministry of Railways Minobu Line.
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富士身延鉄道が国有化し、鉄道省身延線となる。
1950
11月23日
The north exit was opened for use.
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北口を供用開始。
1957
7月8日
An imperial train from Harajuku Station to Kōfu Station was operated in conjunction with the Emperor Showa's local inspection tour.
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昭和天皇の地方視察に伴い原宿駅発甲府駅着のお召し列車が運転。
1962
7月1日
The Yamanashi Kōtsū Electric Line was abolished.
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山梨交通電車線が廃止。
1972
4月1日
The Travel Center opened.
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旅行センターが開業。
1984
2月1日
Freight handling was abolished, making it a passenger station.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止（旅客駅となる）。
1984
8月21日
The station was elevated.
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橋上駅舎化。
1985
10月6日
The station building "Ecran" was opened in 1986, coinciding with the National Sports Festival.
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1986年（昭和61年）に開催される国民体育大会にあわせ、駅ビル「エクラン」の供用を開始。
1986
11月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物の取り扱いを廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the Chūō Main Line was inherited by JR East and the Minobu Line by JR Central, making it a boundary station between JR East and JR Central.
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、中央本線はJR東日本、身延線はJR東海に継承され、JR東日本とJR東海の境界駅となる。
1989
12月2日
In 1989, the Minobu Line platform was relocated to the side of the Chuo Main Line from its previous location.
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（平成元年）：身延線ホームを従来位置より中央本線側に移転。
2004
10月16日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and IC card "Suica" became available for use on the Chuo Main Line, and the line was incorporated into the Tokyo suburban area.
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自動改札機が設置され、中央本線でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる（身延線は対象外）。東京近郊区間に編入される。
2007
2月
At the end, a waiting room was installed on the Chuo Line platform.
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末：中央線ホームに待合室を設置。
2007
6月25日
The provisional north exit and provisional rotary began operating, while the north exit rotary was closed, with the existing north exit remaining in service.
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仮北口および仮設ロータリーの供用を開始。同時に北口ロータリーを閉鎖（既存の北口は引き続き供用）。
2008
7月14日
The existing north exit was closed due to renovation work.
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改修工事のため既存の北口を閉鎖。
2009
11月16日
As part of barrier-free initiatives, toilets and a baby rest room were installed inside the ticket gates.
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バリアフリー化の一環として、改札内にトイレとベビー休憩室を整備。
2009
12月21日
An elevator was installed on the Chuo Line's up platform.
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中央線上りホームにエレベーターを整備。
2010
2月23日
Elevators and escalators were installed on the Chuo Line down platform.
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中央線下りホームにエレベーターとエスカレーターを整備。
2010
7月15日
An escalator was installed on the Chuo Line's up platform as part of barrier-free accessibility efforts, and the 6th platform was changed to the 4th platform.
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中央線上りホームにエスカレーターを整備。バリアフリー化の一環として、6番線ホームを4番線ホームに変更。
2010
8月4日
The new North Exit, equipped with a pedestrian deck, began operating.
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ペデストリアンデッキが設置された新北口の供用を開始。
2015
3月13日
The station building was renamed from Kofu Ecran to Seleo Kofu and reopened after renovation (first phase).
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駅ビルが「甲府エクラン」から「セレオ甲府」へ名称変更し、リニューアルオープン（第1期）。
2015
4月17日
The second-phase renovation of the station building "Cereo Kofu" was completed and it had its grand opening.
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駅ビル「セレオ甲府」の第2期リニューアルが完了し、グランドオープン。
2015
7月15日
The newly established general vehicle rotary at the south entrance began operation.
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南口に新設された一般車ロータリーの供用を開始。
2016
9月7日
The public transportation rotary at the south exit, including the bus terminal, was completed and fully opened to the public.
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南口の公共交通ロータリー（バスターミナル）の整備が完了し、全面供用を開始。
2018
2月15日
An inclined-type elevator at the south entrance was completed and began operation.
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南口に斜行型エレベーターが完成し、供用を開始。
2018
3月31日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2021
11月9日
The telework booth "STATION BOOTH" of the station-naka share office "STATION WORK" was opened.
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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。
2025
10月1日
The IC card "TOICA" became available for use on the Minobu Line.
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身延線でICカード「TOICA」の利用が可能となる。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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