Musashi-Sakai Station
Musashi Sakai is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsSakai Station opened as a predecessor of the Chuo Line, the Kobu Railway, with the simultaneous opening of the Shinjuku Station - Tachikawa Station section, and began handling passengers and freight.
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中央線の前身である甲武鉄道の新宿駅 - 立川駅間開通と同時に境駅（さかいえき）として開業。旅客および貨物の取り扱いを開始。
With the nationalization of Kobu Railway, it became a station on the government railway.
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甲武鉄道の国有化により、官設鉄道の駅となる。
The line came under the jurisdiction of the Central East Line, later known as the Central Main Line from 1911.
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線路名称制定により中央東線（1911年から中央本線）の所属となる。
The Tamagawa Railway, now the Tamagawa Line, opened.
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多摩鉄道（現在の多摩川線）が開業。
The station was renamed Musashisakai Station to eliminate duplicate station names, and on the same day, the two other stations previously named Sakai Station were also renamed to Sakaiminato Station and Ugo-Sakai Station.
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武蔵境駅に改称。駅名の重複を解消するためであり、同じ日にはそれまで当駅と同名を称していた2か所の「境駅」もそろって駅名を変えている（それぞれ境港駅、羽後境駅に改称）。
Around that time, a dedicated line to Kyouei Purification Plant was laid on the Tokyo-bound upline side and was used for transporting materials and the like, but it was abolished in 1967.
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頃、東京寄りの上り線側に境浄水場への専用線が敷設され、資材の運搬などに使用されたが、昭和42年に廃止されている。
Japanese National Railways was established.
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日本国有鉄道発足。
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
Freight handling was resumed, although it was limited to vehicle transport and no regular freight trains were operated.
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貨物の取り扱いを再開。ただし車両輸送に限り定期貨物列車の設定はない。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the stations on the Chuo Main Line became stations of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、中央本線の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）・日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。
JR East installed and began using automatic ticket gates.
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JR東日本が自動改札機を設置し、使用開始。
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
With the elevation work, the ticket gates of Seibu and JR East were separated, and on the Seibu side, a temporary station building was used at the time of separation, so it was handled with manned ticket gates.
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高架化工事に伴い、西武とJR東日本の改札口を分離。西武側は分離当初仮設駅舎だったため、有人改札にて対応。
The Tama River Line's station platforms were switched to elevated platforms.
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多摩川線の駅ホームを高架に切り替え。
The use of the IC card "PASMO" became available on Seibu Railway, with implementation at the time being through simplified ticket gates due to the presence of manned ticket gates.
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西武鉄道でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。導入時はまだ有人改札だったため、簡易改札機での対応となった。
Between around 16:30 on the same day and 6:20 on July 1, the Chuo Line down track was switched to an elevated line, and at the same time, a new south exit ticket gate was established.
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同日16時30分頃から7月1日6時20分頃にかけて、中央線下り線を高架に切り替え、同時に南口改札口が新設された。
Automatic ticket gates were introduced at the ticket gates of the Tama River Line.
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多摩川線の改札口に自動改札機を導入。
The second platform at Tama River Line station was completed.
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多摩川線の駅ホーム2本目が完成。
Between around 21:00 on the same day and 6:00 on the 6th the following day, the Chuo Line's up track was switched to an elevated line, completing a series of elevation work excluding the station building portion.
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同日21時頃から翌6日6時ころにかけて中央線上り線を高架に切り替え、一連の高架化工事（駅舎部分を除く）が完了した。
The north-south free passage was opened before the first train, and the JR ticket gates were consolidated, while the temporary ticket gates were abolished at the same time.
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初電より南北自由通路開設とJR改札口一元化。同時に仮設の改札口を廃止。
The JR East station was outsourced, with the outsourcing contractor being JR Central Line Mall Co., Ltd.
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JR東日本の駅が業務委託化。委託先は株式会社JR中央ラインモール。
Prior to the opening of the commercial facility "nonowa Musashisakai", JR East's station added a new entrance called the "nonowa Gate".
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JR東日本の駅に、商業施設「nonowa武蔵境」（現「nonowa武蔵境WEST」）の開業と先行して、「nonowa口」を新設。
The commercial facility "nonowa Musashisakai" (now "nonowa Musashisakai WEST") opened at JR East's Musashisakai Station.
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JR東日本の駅に、商業施設「nonowa武蔵境」（現「nonowa武蔵境WEST」）が開業。
The commercial facility "nonowa Musashisakai EAST" opened at the JR East station.
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JR東日本の駅に、商業施設「nonowa武蔵境EAST」が開業。
In 2019, JR East's "nonowa" entrance got its first unstaffed NewDays store with self-service checkout, NewDays Musashisakai nonowa entrance.
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（令和元年）：JR東日本の「nonowa口」に、NewDaysでは初めてセルフレジを活用した無人店舗「NewDays 武蔵境 nonowa口」が開店。
A telework booth called "STATION BOOTH" in the STATION WORK shared office inside the station was opened in front of the central ticket gate of JR East.
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JR東日本の中央改札口前に駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION WORK」のテレワークブース「STATION BOOTH」が開設。
The Seibu group's station-building commercial facility "Emio" Musashisakai store opened under the elevated tracks of the Tama River Line, with tenants including Seijo Ishii and RF1 SELECT.
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多摩川線の駅高架下に西武グループの駅ナカ商業施設「Emio」武蔵境店開業。成城石井、RF1 SELECT などが入店。
A transfer-only gate was installed for the Chuo Line and the Tamagawa Line.
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中央線と多摩川線の乗換専用改札口を設置。
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.
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話せる指定席券売機を導入。
JR East's "nonowa Musashisakai EAST" closed.
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JR東日本の「nonowa武蔵境EAST」が閉館。
The use of smart home doors began on the JR East 1 and 2 platform lines for the Chuo Line rapid service.
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JR東日本の1・2番線（中央線快速）ホームでスマートホームドアの使用を開始
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What train lines connect at Musashi-Sakai Station?
Musashi-Sakai Station is served by Chūō Line (Rapid).