Kusatsu

Kusatsu Station

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Kusatsu Station (草津駅) is in Kusatsu, Shiga. West Japan Railway Company runs it. It opened on 1 July 1889 and is one of the six oldest stations on the government railway's extension line.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1889 on the government railway between the branch point at Fukaya and Baba (now Zeze), handling passengers and freight. It was one of the six oldest stations on that extension. The Kansai Railway opened its line from here to Mikumo on 15 December 1889. The station became part of the Tokaido Line on 1 April 1895. The Kansai Railway was nationalized on 1 October 1907. The Kusatsu Line was named on 12 October 1909.

Platforms 5 and 6 were added in December 1955. Electrification of Maibara to Kyoto on 19 November 1956 raised trains between Kusatsu and Kyoto from 35 round trips to 42, almost one every 30 minutes. The present elevated station building came into use on 12 April 1967. A west exit opened on 10 April 1968. Four tracks between here and Kyoto were completed on 9 March 1970. Shinkaisoku trains starting here began on 26 April 1971.

Freight handling ended on 1 November 1986. JR West and JR Freight took over the station on 1 April 1987. The Biwako Line name came into use on 13 March 1988. Automatic ticket gates opened on 22 March 1998. The Kyoto-Kobe Line operations control system was introduced on 29 July 2002. Elevators and escalators inside the gates came into use on 15 March 2003. ICOCA could be used from 1 November 2003.

The JR Freight station closed on 14 March 2009. The approach chime was introduced on 12 March 2015. From 26 March 2016, all regular limited express trains except sleeper trains stop here, because the Shinano limited express to Osaka was ended. Station numbering began on 17 March 2018.

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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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1889 7月1日

The station opened with the simultaneous opening of the section between the junction point, later known as Fukaya, and Baba Station, now known as Zeze Station, as a station on the government railway, and began handling passengers and freight, and is one of the six oldest stations on the extended opening section, including Nagaoka, Maibara, Hikone, Nodogawa, Yawata, and Kusatsu.

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官設鉄道の駅として分岐点（後の深谷） - 馬場駅（現在の膳所駅）間の開通と同時に開業。旅客・貨物の取り扱いを開始。延伸開業区間で最も古い6駅（長岡、米原、彦根、能登川、八幡、草津）のひとつ。

1889 8月1日

Sales of food and drink began within the station premises.

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構内での飲食物販売開始。

1889 12月15日

The Kansai Railway line between the current station and Miuno Station opened.

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関西鉄道 当駅 - 三雲駅間開通。

1895 4月1日

The line name was established and it became part of the Tōkaidō Line, later known as the Tōkaidō Main Line from 1909.

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線路名称制定。東海道線（1909年より東海道本線）の所属となる。

1907 10月1日

Kansai Railway was nationalized.

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関西鉄道が国有化される。

1909 10月12日

The line name was established, with the former Kansai Railway section between Tsuge Station and Kusatsu Station becoming the Kusatsu Line.

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線路名称制定。旧・関西鉄道の柘植駅 - 草津駅間が草津線となる。

1955 12月

Platforms 5 and 6 were added.

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5・6番ホームを増設。

1956 11月19日

The electrification of the Maibara Station - Kyoto Station section was completed, and the Kusatsu Station was also electrified, with the number of train services on the Kusatsu Station - Kyoto Station section increasing from 35 to 42 return trips, resulting in approximately one train every 30 minutes.

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米原駅 - 京都駅間の電化が完成し、草津駅も電化される。草津駅 - 京都駅間の列車が35往復から42往復に増便され、ほぼ30分に1本の利便性になった。

1967 4月12日

The current elevated station building was completed and began operation.

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現在の橋上駅舎が完成、使用開始。

1968 4月10日

The west entrance was opened.

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西口開設。

1970 3月9日

The quadrupling of the tracks between this station and Kyoto Station was completed.

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当駅 - 京都駅間の複々線化が完成。

1970 11月

The Kusatsu Line was realigned and operations began on the new elevated line.

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草津線の付替が行われ、高架の新線で運行が開始される。

1971 4月26日

The operation of new limited express trains originating and terminating at this station began.

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当駅発着となる新快速の運転が開始される。

1980 3月3日

The electrification work on the Kusatsu Line was completed.

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草津線の電化工事が完成。

1986 11月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。

1987 3月31日

Freight handling was resumed, but there were no subsequent records of freight handling.

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貨物の取り扱いが再開。ただし以降の貨物取り扱い実績はない。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

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国鉄分割民営化により、西日本旅客鉄道（JR西日本）・日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。

1988 3月13日

The line nickname system was established, with the Tōkaidō Main Line beginning to use the nickname "Biwako Line".

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路線愛称の制定により、東海道本線で「琵琶湖線」の愛称を使用開始。

1998 3月22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。

2002 7月29日

The JR Kyoto and Kobe Line introduced an operating management system.

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JR京都・神戸線運行管理システム導入。

2003 3月15日

Elevators and escalators inside the ticket gates began operating.

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改札内のエレベーター、エスカレーターが使用開始。

2003 11月1日

The IC card "ICOCA" becomes available for use.

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ICカード「ICOCA」の利用が可能となる。

2007 3月18日

The automatic station broadcasts were updated.

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駅自動放送を更新。

2009 3月14日

The JR Freight station was abolished and cargo handling was terminated again.

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JR貨物の駅が廃止され、貨物の取り扱いは再び終了。

2015 3月12日

Introduction of approaching melodies accompanied the revision of the entry warning sound.

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入線警告音の見直しに伴い、接近メロディ導入。

2016 3月26日

With the abolition of direct limited express Shinao service to Osaka Station, all regular limited express trains, excluding sleeper limited express trains, begin to stop at this station.

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大阪駅へ直通する特急「しなの」の運行が廃止されたため、寝台特急を除く全ての定期特急列車が当駅に停車するようになる。

2018 3月17日

Station numbering was introduced and its use began.

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駅ナンバリングが導入され、使用を開始する。

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

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