Moriyama

Moriyama Station

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18 Events

1912 4月16日

A new station opened on the Japanese National Railways Tokaido Main Line between Notogawa Station and Kusatsu Station, and began handling passengers and freight.

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国有鉄道（国鉄）東海道本線の野洲駅 - 草津駅間に新設開業。旅客・貨物の取り扱いを開始。

1945 7月30日

US Navy carrier-based aircraft strafed a train that had departed from Moriyama Station, killing 11 people in the Moriyama Air Raid.

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アメリカ海軍の空母艦載機が守山駅を発車した列車へ機銃掃射、11人が死亡（守山空襲）。

1973 4月1日

The station was rebuilt into the current elevated station building (2nd generation).

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現在の橋上駅舎に改築（2代目）。

1985 3月14日

Freight handling was abolished.

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荷物扱い廃止。

1986 11月1日

The station is added as a stop on the New Limited Express with the Japanese National Railways timetable revision.

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国鉄のダイヤ改正で、新快速の停車駅に設定される。

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 "Biwako Line" started being used due to the establishment of line nicknames.

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路線愛称の制定により、「琵琶湖線」の愛称を使用開始。

1998 3月11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。

2003 10月1日

Freight train operations were abolished.

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貨物列車の設定を廃止。

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。

2006 10月1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。

2007 3月18日

The automatic station broadcasts were updated.

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駅自動放送を更新。

2013 5月18日

The extended platform canopies were put into service, with the up platform for Maibara, Nagahama, and Ogaki increasing from 100m to 160m and the down platform for Kusatsu, Kyoto, and Osaka increasing from 120m to 240m.

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延長されたホーム上屋が供用開始。上りホーム（米原・長浜・大垣方面）は100m（5両編成分）から160m（8両編成分）に、下りホーム（草津・京都・大阪方面）は120m（6両編成分）から240m（12両編成分）になった。

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。

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。

2018 11月1日

It became a station entrusted with operations by JR West Japan Transportation Service.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

JR西日本交通サービスによる業務委託駅となる。

2021 11月26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。

2021 11月27日

The Midori no Ticket Vending Machine Plus was introduced.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

みどりの券売機プラスを導入。

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

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