茂原
Mobara Station
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Mobara is a railway station in Tokyo.
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1897
4月17日
The station opened with the opening of the Bōsō Railway's Ōami to Ichinomiya (now Kazusa-Ichinomiya) segment, and at the time the station name was read as "Mohara".
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房総鉄道大網 - 一ノ宮（現在の上総一ノ宮）間の開通時に駅開業。当時の駅名の読み方は「もはら」。
1907
9月1日
Bōsō Railway was acquired and became a station of the Imperial Railway Authority.
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房総鉄道が買収され、帝国鉄道庁の駅となる。
1909
The Chōnan-Mobara people mover railway opened, with this station serving as a transfer point.
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庁南茂原間人車軌道が開通、接続駅となる。
1924
In October, the people's cart railway between Chōnan and Mobara was abolished for passenger transport.
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ごろ：庁南茂原間人車軌道が旅客輸送廃止。
1926
The Chōnan-Mobara tramway removed its tracks.
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庁南茂原間人車軌道が軌道を撤去。
1930
8月1日
The Minami-Sōbu Railway opened, with this station becoming a transfer point.
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南総鉄道が開通、接続駅となる。
1935
7月10日
The station name reading was changed to Mobara.
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駅名の読み方を「もばら」に変更。
1939
3月1日
The Minami-Sō Railway was abolished, and it became an isolated station again.
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南総鉄道が廃止され、再び単独駅となる。
1973
4月
The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office began operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を開始。
1981
12月1日
Freight handling was abolished and freight functions were transferred to Shinmohara Station.
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貨物取扱を廃止し、貨物機能を新茂原駅へ移転。
1984
2月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1986
10月27日
The station was elevated as an island platform with 2 tracks, and at the time of elevation, the current upper platform, namely tracks 1 and 2, were in use.
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島式1面2線で高架化。高架化当時は現上りホームである1・2番線を使用していた。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1987
12月10日
The station became an island-style 2-face 4-line station, with the start of usage of down lines 3 and 4, and the elevated station building was also completed.
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島式2面4線となり、下り3・4番線使用開始。および、高架駅舎完成。
1995
9月9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
The IC card "Suica" became available for use on the Chiba side.
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千葉方面においてICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2004
10月16日
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on the Obara side.
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大原方面においてICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2018
8月31日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2023
Taki 5200 form, 5 cars, for methanol.
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タキ5200形（メタノール専用）5両
2023
Taki 8000 form, 5 cars, for formaldehyde.
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タキ8000形（ホルマリン専用）5両
2023
Tam 3050 series (formalin dedicated) 5 cars
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タム3050形（ホルマリン専用）5両
2023
owned by Mitsui Bussan
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三井物産所有
2023
8月24日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2023
8月25日
Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.
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話せる指定席券売機を導入。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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1・2
Up
大網 · 千葉 · 東京
3・4
Down
大原 · 勝浦 · 安房鴨川
↕ Platforms 1, 2, 3, 4 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Mobara Station?
Mobara Station is served by Sotobō Line.