甲府駅

Kōfu Station

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Kofu is a railway station in Tokyo.

Kōfu Station (甲府駅) is in Kofu, Yamanashi. JR East runs the Chūō Main Line here, and JR Central runs the Minobu Line. The station is a boundary point between the two companies. It opened on 11 June 1903.

History

The station opened on 11 June 1903 as the end of a government line extended from Hatsukano station, now Kai-Yamato. The line was extended to Nirasaki on 15 December 1903. A horse tram from Yamanashi reached the station area on 27 December 1904. The station came under the Chuo East Line in October 1909 and the Chuo Main Line in May 1911.

A fire started by a stove in the waiting room burned the station building on 19 March 1924. A second building was built on 4 April 1925. The Kofu Electric Tramway suspended operations on 1 July 1927. The Fuji-Minobu Railway extended its line to the station on 30 March 1928, and the Yamanashi Electric Railway began running into it on 27 December 1932. The Fuji-Minobu Railway was nationalised on 1 May 1941, and became the Minobu Line.

A north exit opened on 23 November 1950. An Emperor's special train ran to the station on 8 July 1957 during a tour of the region. The Yamanashi Transport tram line closed on 1 July 1962. A travel centre opened on 1 April 1972. Freight handling ended on 1 February 1984. The station building was moved onto a bridge on 21 August 1984.

A new station mall, Ekuran, opened on 6 October 1985 ahead of the national sports festival. Parcel handling ended on 1 November 1986. On 1 April 1987 the Chuo Line passed to JR East and the Minobu Line to JR Central, which made the station a boundary station. Suica could be used on the Chuo Line from 16 October 2004, and the station joined the Tokyo suburban area. Renovation work from 2007 closed the north exit and added toilets, elevators and escalators on the platforms.

The station building was renamed Celeo Kofu in March 2015 and completed on 15 April 2015. A bus terminal on the south side was completed on 7 September 2016. An inclined elevator opened on 15 February 2018. The Minobu Line began to accept TOICA on 1 October 2025.

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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.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

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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