小金井
Koganei Station
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Koganei is a railway station in Tokyo.
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12 Events
1893
3月25日
It opened as a station on the Nippon Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本鉄道の駅として開業。
1906
11月1日
It was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
鉄道国有法により国有化。
1909
10月12日
The line came under the Tōhoku Main Line with the designation of line names.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
線路名称制定により東北本線の所属となる。
1945
7月28日
During the war, a US military plane that raided Utsunomiya City chased and strafed an up passenger train on the Tohoku Main Line, and after the train stopped at this station, it made a sudden attack, known as the Koganei Air Raid, killing over 30 people, including passengers, crew, and those waiting for the train, and a "Peace Monument" commemorating the victims of this air raid is located at the west exit.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
大戦中の空襲で宇都宮市に来襲した米軍機が東北本線上り旅客列車を追尾して機銃掃射。当駅で停車後にも急襲（小金井空襲）。乗客乗員や列車を待っていた人等30余名が死亡した。西口にこの空襲による犠牲者を追悼する「平和の礎」がある。
1967
11月6日
The station building was rebuilt.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅舎改築。
1978
3月31日
Freight handling was abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of JNR, it became a station of East Japan Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道の駅となる。
2000
2月15日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。
2001
11月18日
The IC card Suica service began operation.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
ICカードSuica供用開始。
2018
3月31日
The KIOSK within the premises closed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
構内にあったKIOSKが閉店。
2023
10月5日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2024
3月16日
With the establishment of the Oyama Operations Control Center, Utsunomiya Station took over the management duties of Sparrow Palace Station, which became part of the center's jurisdiction.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
小山営業統括センター発足に伴い、同センター管区内となった雀宮駅の管理業務を宇都宮駅から引き継ぐ。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (UTSUNOMIYA LINE)
1・2
Down
宇都宮 · 黒磯
3・4
Up
小山 · 大宮 · 上野
↕ Platforms 1, 2, 3, 4 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Koganei Station?
Koganei Station is served by Utsunomiya Line.