国立

Kunitachi Station

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Kunitachi is a railway station in Tokyo.

Kunitachi Station (国立駅) is an elevated station in Kunitachi, Tokyo. JR East runs it on the Chuo Line (Rapid). It opened on 1 April 1926 as a passenger and freight station.

History

The Hakone Land Company built the station to attract Tokyo Commercial University (later Hitotsubashi University) and residents, and then handed it to the Railway Ministry. Kono Den, who had trained under Frank Lloyd Wright during the new Imperial Hotel's construction, designed the building, and Shimizu Construction did the work. The Tani signal station opened on 1 March 1926. The station opened for passengers and freight on 1 April 1926.

Double track reached here on 15 October 1928, and reached Tachikawa on 1 March 1929. Electric trains began running to here on 5 March 1929, and to Tachikawa on 16 June 1929. In 1951 the village became a town and took the name Kunitachi. The north exit opened on 15 July 1959, and local residents paid the full cost of building it.

The national railways began a trial of automatic commuter-pass ticket gates on 25 March 1970. A freight branch to the Musashino Line opened on 1 April 1973. JR East took over the station on 1 April 1987. Automatic ticket gates opened on 23 April 1993. In 1998 the station was named to the Kanto Station Hyakusen list, for its red triangular-roofed station building and the cherry trees in front of it.

Elevated track works began in June 2003. The old triangular-roofed station building stopped being used on 8 October 2006, and was designated a city cultural property on 26 October 2006. The down platform was moved to elevated track on 11 January 2009, and the up platform on 7 November 2010. A third track came into use on 16 December 2012. The north and south gates were merged into one on 13 January 2013.

nonowa Kunitachi EAST opened on 18 April 2015, and nonowa Kunitachi WEST on 24 April 2016. The old triangular-roofed building was restored and reopened as a community hub on 6 April 2020. The Midori no Madoguchi counter closed on 31 January 2024. nonowa Kunitachi SOUTH opened on 27 March 2024.

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1926

Hakone Tochi created the station to attract a university (Tokyo University of Commerce, now Hitotsubashi University) and residents, and then transferred it to the Ministry of Railways.

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大学（東京商科大学→一橋大学）や住民の誘致のために箱根土地が駅を作り、鉄道省へ譲渡した。

1926

The station building was designed by Makoto Kanō, who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright during the construction of the new Imperial Hotel building, and the construction work was carried out by Shimizu Corporation.

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駅舎の設計は、帝国ホテル新館建設時にフランク・ロイド・ライトに師事した河野傳が行い、清水建設が工事を担当した。

1926 3月1日

The Ministry of Railways line's Tanbo Signal Station was established.

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鉄道省の谷保信号所として開設。

1926 4月1日

The station was elevated to Kunitachi Station and began handling passengers and freight.

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国立駅に昇格。旅客・貨物取扱開始。

1928 10月15日

The Chuo Line was double-tracked as far as this station.

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中央線が当駅まで複線化。

1929 3月1日

The Chuo Line was doubled-tracked as far as Tachikawa.

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中央線、立川まで複線化。

1929 3月5日

The Chuo Line was electrified and opened for service up to this station, with electric train operations commencing on the Ministry of Railways line, and extending to Tachikawa on June 16.

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中央線、当駅まで電化開通。電車（省線）運転開始。6月16日に立川まで開通。

1949 6月1日

Japanese National Railways was established.

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日本国有鉄道発足。

1951

The station's location, Yanoka Village, was to become Kokuritsu Town upon town formation, with the station name being changed to match the new town name.

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駅所在地の谷保村が町制施行にあたり、駅名から町名をとって国立町となる。

1959 7月15日

The north exit was opened, constructed at a cost of 8.6 million yen, which was fully borne by the local community through a petition.

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北口開設。請願によるもので、建設費860万円全額を地元が負担して建設された。

1962 10月25日

Freight handling was abolished.

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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。

1964 10月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

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荷物扱い廃止。

1970 3月25日

Japanese National Railways began testing its first automatic ticket gate for regular commuters.

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国鉄では初めてとなる自動定期券改札装置の試用を開始。

1973 4月1日

The Musashino Line freight branch line was opened.

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武蔵野線貨物支線が開業。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of JNR, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。

1993 4月23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。

1998

It was selected for the Kanto's 100 Best Stations, with the selection reason being "a station that matches the cherry blossom trees in front of the station with a station building with a red triangular roof".

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関東の駅百選に選定。選定理由は「赤い三角屋根の駅舎が駅前の桜並木とマッチした駅」。

2001 11月18日

The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.

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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。

2003 6月

Elevated railway construction work began.

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高架化工事開始。

2005 9月

The up platform was switched to a temporary line.

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上りホームを仮線に切り替え。

2006 10月8日

The old triangular-roofed station building was taken out of use and the down platform was switched to a temporary line.

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旧三角屋根駅舎の使用を終了。下りホームを仮線に切り替える。

2006 10月26日

The old triangular-roofed station building was designated as a Minami-Tachikawa City designated tangible cultural property.

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旧三角屋根駅舎が「国立市指定有形文化財」に指定される。

2009 1月11日

The down platform was switched to an elevated platform.

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下りホームを高架に切り替える。

2010 11月7日

The up platform was switched to an elevated platform.

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上りホームを高架に切り替える。

2011 10月8日

Track switching work within the station is carried out from after the last train to before the first train for 10 days.

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終電後から10日始発前まで構内線路切り替え工事が行われる。

2012 12月16日

The up main line, No. 3 track, was newly established.

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上り本線（3番線）が新設。

2013 1月13日

The north and south ticket gates were closed and consolidated into one location, and the use of the old north exit station building was terminated.

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南北改札口閉鎖し1ヶ所に統合。旧北口駅舎の使用終了。

2014 3月15日

It becomes a stop on the Musashino service.

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むさしの号の停車駅となる。

2014 5月1日

Operations were outsourced.

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業務委託化。

2015 2月1日

Early morning unmanned operation.

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早朝無人化。

2015 4月18日

The commercial facility "nonowa Kokuritsu EAST" opened.

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商業施設「nonowa国立EAST」が開業。

2016 4月24日

The commercial facility "nonowa Kokuritsu WEST" opened, and the nonowa-guchi ticket gate, which only accepts IC transit cards, began operating.

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商業施設「nonowa国立WEST」が開業。nonowa口改札（交通系ICカード専用）の供用を開始。

2020 4月6日

The restoration of the old triangular-roofed station building was completed and it opened as a hub for promoting the town's charm.

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旧三角屋根駅舎復原工事が終了し、「まちの魅力発信拠点」としてオープン。

2020 6月27日

The commercial facility "nonowa Kokuritsu EAST" was renovated.

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商業施設「nonowa国立EAST」がリニューアル。

2024 1月31日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

2024 2月1日

Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.

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話せる指定席券売機を導入。

2024 3月27日

The commercial facility "nonowa Kokuritsu SOUTH" opened at the south entrance.

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南口に商業施設「nonowa国立SOUTH」が開業。

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

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