国府津

Kozu Station

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Kozu is a railway station in Tokyo.

Kōzu Station (国府津駅) in Odawara, Kanagawa, is run by East Japan Railway Company and Central Japan Railway Company, and serves the Tōkaidō Line. It opened on 11 July 1887.

History

The station opened on 11 July 1887 with the opening of the line from old Yokohama Station to this station, as a general station with a few round trips a day. The first station bento (ekiben) on the Tokaido Line was sold here on 1 July 1888. On 1 February 1889 the line from here through Gotemba to Shizuoka opened. On 12 October 1909 the Tokaido Line was named, running from Shimbashi through this station toward Gotemba.

The Atami Line between here and Odawara opened on 21 October 1920. The line from Yokohama to here was electrified on 13 December 1925. In April 1926 the station name was spelled as it sounded, Kōzu, and it was later changed back. On 1 December 1934 the Tanna Tunnel was completed, and the electrified double-track line from Atami to Numazu opened. The old route via Gotemba became the Gotemba Line.

Freight handling moved to the new Seisho freight station (西湘貨物駅) on 20 May 1970. The current station building was completed in December 1970. The Kōzu depot was set up in 1980. Luggage handling ended on 14 March 1985. On 1 April 1987 Kōzu became the boundary station between JR East and JR Central, managed by JR East.

Automatic ticket gates came into use on 8 March 1997. Suica became usable on 18 November 2001. In 2004 the Kōzu EMU depot (国府津電車区) was renamed the Kōzu rolling stock centre. Work on the station square began in 2007. On 16 March 2012 the through trains from the Tokyo side that ran over the Gotemba Line ended.

Kōzu joined JR Central's TOICA area on 13 March 2021. The melody was changed to 'Mikan no Hana Saku Oka' (みかんの花咲く丘) on 2 May 2022. The Midori window closed on 25 August 2022.

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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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21 Events
1887 7月11日

The station opened simultaneously with the opening of the former Yokohama Station - this station section, with 3 daily round trips, as a general station.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

旧・横浜駅 - 当駅間開通と同時に開業。1日3往復。一般駅。

1888 7月1日

Sales of ekiben began within the station premises, which is said to be the first ekiben on the Tokaido Main Line.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

構内で駅弁販売開始（東海道本線初の駅弁とされる）。

1889 2月1日

The section between this station, Gotemba Station, and Shizuoka Station opened.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

当駅 - 御殿場駅 - 静岡駅間が開業。

1909 10月12日

The line name was established, with the section from Shinbashi Station via the current station to Odawara Station and beyond to Numazu Station and Gotemba Station being named the Tokaido Main Line.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

線路名称制定、新橋駅 - 当駅 - 御殿場駅方面を東海道本線と命名。

1920 10月21日

The Tōkaidō Main Line section between Atami Station and Odawara Station was opened.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

熱海線 当駅 - 小田原駅間が開通。

1925 12月13日

The section between Yokohama Station and this station was electrified, becoming the boundary between electrified and non-electrified sections.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

横浜駅 - 当駅間が電化され、電化・非電化の境となる。

1926 4月10日

At the time, station name indications were being revised nationwide, and the name was temporarily written as "Kōzu" to match its pronunciation, before being changed back to "Kōzu" in 1929.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

頃：全国的に駅名表示が見直される中、発音通りに「こうず」と表記される（1929年（昭和4年）に「こうづ」に戻る）。

1934 12月1日

With the completion of the Tanna Tunnel, the section from Atami Station to Numazu Station opened as an electrified double track, and together with the existing Tokaido Line, it became part of the Tokaido Main Line, while the route via Gotemba became the Gotemba Line.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

丹那トンネルの完成により熱海駅から沼津駅までが電化複線で開業し、従来の熱海線と併せて東海道本線とされ、御殿場経由のルートは御殿場線となる。

1970 5月20日

Freight handling operations were transferred to the newly established Nishi-Shō Cargo Station and freight handling at the station was abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

新設の西湘貨物駅に貨物取扱業務を移管、当駅での貨物取扱が廃止。

1970 12月

The station building was rebuilt into its current form.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

現在の駅舎に改築。

1980

Kofu Depot was established.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

国府津運転所が発足。

1985 3月14日

Freight handling was abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

荷物の取扱いを廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became the boundary station between JR East and JR Central, managed by JR East.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本・JR東海の分界駅（JR東日本管理）となる。

1997 3月8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

JR East introduced the IC card "Suica".

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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」供用開始。

2004

Due to organizational restructuring, the Odawara Electric Car District was renamed the Odawara Vehicle Center, but more specifically, the Kofu Electric Car District was renamed the Kofu Vehicle Center, however the correct translation is: Due to organizational restructuring, the Kofu Vehicle Center was not correct, the correct translation is: the Kofu Electric Car District was renamed the Kofu Vehicle Center, however the correct translation is: Due to organizational restructuring, Kofu Electric Car District was renamed Kofu Vehicle Center.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

組織改編により国府津電車区が国府津車両センターに改称。

2007

Work on the station plaza renovation began, and the bicycle parking lot was relocated to the site where the mobile bicycle parking area was previously located.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

駅前広場整備工事開始。これに伴い、移動自転車置き場があった所に駐輪所を移転。

2012 3月16日

Through trains from the Tōkaidō Line Tokyo direction to the Gotemba Line via this station were abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

東海道線東京方面から当駅をまたいで御殿場線へ直通する列車が廃止。

2021 3月13日

It is incorporated into the area of JR Central's IC card "TOICA".

Machine translation — show Japanese original

JR東海のICカード「TOICA」のエリアに編入される。

2022 5月2日

The departure melody was changed to "Mikan no Hana Saku Oka".

Machine translation — show Japanese original

発車メロディを「みかんの花咲く丘」に変更。

2022 8月25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。

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

Departure Melodies
みかんの花咲く丘
Tōkaidō Line 全ホーム共通 since 2015年3月29日

作曲した海沼実が、車窓にみかん畑が現れる東海道線国府津駅付近でやっと前奏が浮かび、伊東線の宇佐美駅付近でようやく曲が完成したエピソードにちなむ。

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