国府津
Kozu Station
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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現在の駅舎に改築。
1980
Kofu Depot was established.
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国府津運転所が発足。
1985
3月14日
Freight handling was abolished.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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".
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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.
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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.
Departure Melodies
みかんの花咲く丘
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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PLATFORM LAYOUT (TŌKAIDŌ LINE)
1・2
Down
小田原 · 熱海 · 伊東
4・5
Up
横浜 · 品川 · 東京
↕ Platforms 1, 2, 4, 5 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Kozu Station?
Kozu Station is served by Tōkaidō Line.