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1886
5月1日
The station opened as Nagoiya Station on the government railway (Japanese National Railways) on the new line between Atsuta Station and Kiyosu Station (the original, now Owari-Ichinomiya, but at that time near the current Inazawa, and then near the current Kiyosu, and then near the current Biwajima Station).
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官設鉄道（国鉄）の名護屋駅として、熱田駅 - 清洲駅（初代、現在の枇杷島駅）間に新設開業。
1887
4月25日
It was renamed Nagoya Station.
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名古屋駅に改称。
1889
At the time, there were only two platforms with two tracks, and by 1889, when the Tokaido Main Line was completed, an intermediate line was laid between the two platforms.
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当時、ホームは2面2線のみであった。東海道本線が全通する1889年までに、2つのホームの間に中線が敷設された。
1891
10月28日
The Nōbi earthquake occurred, causing the original station building to collapse.
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濃尾地震が発生、初代駅舎が倒壊。
1892
4月
In 1892, the second-generation station building was established.
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〈明治25年）：2代目駅舎設置。
1895
4月1日
The line name was established and it became part of the Tokaido Line.
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線路名称制定。東海道線の所属となる。
1895
5月24日
The Kansai Railway line's Nagoya Station, now part of the Kansai Main Line, opened.
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関西鉄道線（現在の関西本線）の名古屋駅が開業。
1896
7月6日
Kansai Railway opened Aichi Station near the present-day Nagoya Vehicle District.
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関西鉄道が現在の名古屋車両区付近に愛知駅を開設。
1898
5月6日
Nagoya Electric Railway, later Nagoya City Railway, extended its line to the front of Nagoya Station.
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名古屋駅前に名古屋電気鉄道（後の名古屋市電）が乗り入れ。
1900
At this time, a stub platform was set up using part of the Tōkaidō Line's up platform.
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この時に、東海道線上りホームの一部を使用して切欠きホーム1線が設置された。
1900
7月25日
The line that would become the Chūō West Line opened to Tajimi Station.
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中央西線となる路線が多治見駅まで開業。
1907
10月1日
Kansai Railway was nationalized.
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関西鉄道が国有化。
1909
6月1日
Aichi Station was consolidated.
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愛知駅を統合。
1909
10月12日
The main line of the Tōkaidō Line passing through this station is designated as the Tōkaidō Main Line, the line towards Tajimi Station is designated as the Chūō West Line, and the former Kansai Railway line is designated as the Kansai Main Line.
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線路名称制定。当駅を通る東海道線の本線筋は東海道本線、多治見駅方面の路線は中央西線、旧・関西鉄道線は関西本線となる。
1911
5月1日
The Tōkaidō Main Line freight branch line, also known as the Nagoya Port Line, opened, and on the same day, the Central West Line was incorporated into the Central Main Line.
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東海道本線貨物支線（名古屋港線）が開業。同日の線路名称改定で、中央西線は中央本線に編入。
1913
7月1日
A dedicated platform with 2 tracks for the Kansai Line was newly established.
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関西線専用ホーム1面2線を新設。
1913
8月21日
A new Nagoya factory was established within the premises.
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構内に名古屋工場を新設。
1914
A high-class pay toilet was opened, with a usage fee of 2 sen per use.
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高等有料便所化粧室が開設。使用料は1回2銭。
1925
1月16日
The Inazawa yard opened within Inazawa Station, abolishing freight car formation at the station.
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稲沢駅構内に稲沢操車場が開業、当駅での貨車組成を廃止。
1935
11月16日
A passenger car yard, now the Nagoya Vehicle District, was newly established within the premises.
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構内に客車操車場（現・名古屋車両区）を新設。
1937
The Chuo Main Line also originally ran on the east side of the Tokaido Main Line, but was later rerouted to the west side near Nagoya Station due to elevation.
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また、中央本線は東海道本線の東側を通っていたが、高架化により名古屋駅付近は西側を通るようになった。
1937
Before relocation, the platform had 2 faces and 5 lines, but with elevation, it was expanded to 4 faces and 8 lines, with lines 1-15, where platforms 3 and 4 were for the Tōkaidō Main Line up, platforms 5 and 6 for the same line down, platforms 7 and 8 for the Chūō Main Line, and platforms 10 and 11 for the Kansai Main Line.
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移転前のホームは2面5線であったが、高架化に伴い4面8線に拡張された。当時は1 - 15番線があり、3・4番ホームが東海道本線上り、5・6番ホームが同線下り、7・8番ホームが中央本線、10・11番ホームが関西本線ののりばとなっていた。
1937
Prior to relocation, the track center distance was approximately 3.8m and narrow, but with the elevated construction, the track center distance was expanded to approximately 4.6m, considering future conversion to standard gauge.
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移転前は軌道中心間隔が約3.8mと狭かったが、高架化に伴い軌道中心間隔を約4.6mに拡大された。将来の標準軌（1435mm軌間）への改軌を考慮したため。
1937
2月1日
The station was relocated and elevated to its current site, with the third station building beginning operation, and freight facilities were separated and Kasima Station was opened.
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現在地に移転・高架化、3代目の駅舎が使用を開始。貨物取扱施設を分離し笹島駅が開業。
1938
6月26日
Kansai Kyuko Electric Railway, now Kintetsu, opened Kankyū Nagoya Station, now Kintetsu Nagoya Station.
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関西急行電鉄（現・近畿日本鉄道）関急名古屋駅（現・近鉄名古屋駅）開業。
1941
8月12日
The new Nagoya Station of Nagoya Railway, now known as Meitetsu Nagoya Station, opened.
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名古屋鉄道新名古屋駅（現・名鉄名古屋駅）開業。
1945
3月19日
The station building was damaged by a fire during the Nagoya Great Air Raid.
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名古屋大空襲で駅舎が火災に遭う。
1946
1月11日
The use of a waiting room exclusively for the occupation forces began.
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進駐軍専用待合室の使用開始。
1950
1月19日
The plan was decided by Ministry of Construction Notice No. 9.
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建設省告示第9号で計画決定。
1950
3月15日
A collision accident occurred with the down sleeper express "Kii" at Track 10 of the station.
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寝台特急「紀伊」の下り列車が当駅10番線で衝突事故。
1950
6月1日
The Tōkaidō Main Line freight branch line, also known as the Nishi-Nagoya Port branch line, opened.
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東海道本線貨物支線（西名古屋港支線）が開業。
1953
7月21日
With the electrification of the Tokaido Main Line between Hamamatsu Station and this station, electric operation began at this station, with the overhead wire height in the conventional line area of this station set at 5m above the rail surface.
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東海道本線浜松駅 - 当駅間電化により、当駅で電気運転を開始。当駅の在来線構内の架線の高さはレール面上より5mとされた。
1954
8月
Construction work began on the section between Nagoya Station and Sakae-machi Station, now known as Sakae Station.
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名古屋駅 - 栄町駅間（現・栄駅）の建設工事が着工。
1956
4月15日
Automatic ticket vending machines were installed.
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自動券売機設置。
1957
11月15日
The Nagoya City Municipal Subway Line 1, later known as the Higashiyama Line, opened at Nagoya Station.
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名古屋市営地下鉄1号線（後の東山線）名古屋駅開業。
1959
11月26日
New platforms for tracks 12 and 13 were added.
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12・13番線ホームを新設。
1964
10月1日
The Tokaido Shinkansen's Nagoya Station opened, with two new island platforms and four tracks for the Shinkansen.
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東海道新幹線の名古屋駅が開業。新幹線用ホーム2面4線を新設。
1966
6月29日
A new platform for tracks 0 and 1 was established.
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0・1番線ホームを新設。
1968
9月1日
The platform at Nagoya Station on Line 1 was extended and separate use for boarding and alighting began.
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1号線名古屋駅のホーム延長、乗車・降車区分使用開始。
1969
4月1日
The section between Nakamura Kōen Station and Nagoya Station on Line 1, as well as the section between Hoshigaoka Station and Fujigaoka Station (now Fujigaoka Station), opened, with this station as an intermediate stop.
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1号線中村公園駅 - 名古屋駅間および星ヶ丘駅 - 藤ヶ丘駅（現・藤が丘駅）間が開業、中間駅となる。
1969
4月25日
The nickname for Line 1 was decided as the Tōsan Line.
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1号線の愛称を東山線と決定。
1971
4月26日
Steam locomotives also disappeared from freight trains passing through this station.
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当駅を経由する貨物列車からも蒸気機関車が消える。
1972
3月1日
The Nagoya Station-mae stop on the Nagoya City Streetcar was abolished.
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名古屋市電の名古屋駅前電停が廃止。
1983
4月1日
The Shinkansen's platform guidance broadcasts were automated.
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新幹線のホーム案内放送を自動化。
1986
4月1日
The south entrance, now known as Hirokōji Entrance, was opened, with the south passageway having previously been used as a passageway for dignitaries.
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南口（現在の広小路口）開設。南通路はそれまでは貴賓通路として使用されていたものである。
1986
10月1日
With the timetable revision on that day, steam locomotives disappeared from regular passenger trains originating and terminating at this station, with the Kansai Main Line being the last.
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当日のダイヤ改正により、当駅発着の定期旅客列車から関西本線を最後に蒸気機関車が消える。
1986
11月1日
Sasajima Station was abolished.
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笹島駅が廃止される。
1986
12月1日
The Japanese National Railways implemented the country's first automated station guide broadcasts on its conventional lines.
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国鉄在来線で全国初のホーム案内放送を自動化。
1987
3月13日
The 0 and 1 platform was renamed the 1 and 2 platform.
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0・1番線ホームを1・2番線ホームに改称。
1987
3月31日
Freight handling was reopened on paper.
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貨物取扱再開（書類上）。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station was inherited by East Japan Railway (JR East) and Japanese Freight Railway (JR Freight), and at the same time, the starting point of the Nagoya Port Line was changed to Yamakami Signal Field, the actual branching point, and the station was no longer entered on paper.
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国鉄分割民営化により国鉄の駅は東海旅客鉄道（JR東海）・日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）が承継。同時に名古屋港線の起点は、実際の分岐点である山王信号場に改められ、書類上当駅には乗り入れなくなる。
1989
7月12日
In 1989, the Taikō-dōri North ticket gate was opened.
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（平成元年）：太閤通北改札口開設。
1989
9月10日
In 1989, Nagoya Station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway Sakura-dori Line opened.
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（平成元年）：名古屋市営地下鉄桜通線の名古屋駅が開業。
1989
12月21日
The former north exit, central exit, and west exit were renamed to Sakuradori Gate, Taikou Gate, and Hirokōji Gate, respectively, and the south exit to Hirokōji Gate.
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従来の北口・中央口を桜通口に、西口を太閤通口に、南口を広小路口にそれぞれ改称。
1991
11月30日
Hayakawa Bath, the only station-based public bath in the country, closed its doors on this day.
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全国唯一の駅内銭湯であった早川浴場がこの日限りで閉店。
1993
2月2日
The demolition work for the station building has begun.
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駅ビル解体工事開始。
1993
3月13日
Automatic ticket gates were introduced at the Kawaramachi entrance of the conventional line, and the platforms for tracks 1 and 2 were closed due to station building reconstruction work.
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在来線広小路改札口に自動改札機を導入。駅ビル改築工事のため1・2番線ホーム使用停止。
1994
10月8日
Operations to Nagoya Ballpark Mae Station on the Nagoya Port Line ended on this day.
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名古屋港線のナゴヤ球場正門前駅への運行をこの日限りで終了。
1997
3月14日
The Nozomi service was introduced on the Tokaido Shinkansen, and the morning down train Nozomi 301 became the first Shinkansen train to skip this station and Kyoto Station, drawing attention as the "Nagoya bypass".
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東海道新幹線に「のぞみ」が新設され、朝の下り列車である「のぞみ301号」が新幹線で初めて当駅と京都駅を通過するダイヤを組んだため、「名古屋飛ばし」として話題になった。
1997
6月27日
Automatic ticket gates were introduced at the conventional line central ticket gate.
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在来線中央改札口に自動改札機を導入。
1998
3月12日
Automatic ticket gates were introduced at Shinkansen ticket gates.
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新幹線改札口に自動改札機を導入。
1998
12月2日
The Sakuradori Gate ticket gate, which had been a temporary ticket gate, was reopened, and automatic ticket gates were introduced at the same time.
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仮改札口となっていた桜通口改札口が再開、同時に自動改札機を導入。
1998
12月7日
The platforms for tracks 1 and 2 were reopened for use.
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1・2番線ホーム使用再開。
1999
12月20日
JR Central Towers opened, becoming the fourth generation station building.
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JRセントラルタワーズ開業。4代目駅舎。
2004
10月6日
JR Central's West Nagoya Port branch line was converted for passenger use and opened as the Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit West Nagoya Port Line, also known as the Aonami Line, with the introduction of the Tranpass from the time of its opening.
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JR東海の西名古屋港支線を旅客化し、名古屋臨海高速鉄道西名古屋港線（あおなみ線）として開業（開業時よりトランパスを導入）。
2006
11月25日
The use of the IC card "TOICA" becomes available on JR Central.
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JR東海でICカード「TOICA」の利用が可能となる。
2008
10月23日
A derailment accident occurred at Nagoya Station on the Aonami Line due to a forgotten removal of the manual brake on the first train of the day.
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あおなみ線の名古屋駅で初発列車の手歯止め取り外し忘れにより脱線事故が発生。
2011
2月5日
The use of movable platform gates began on the Sakuradōri Line.
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桜通線で可動式ホーム柵使用開始。
2011
2月11日
The Aonami Line allows the use of the IC card "manaca".
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あおなみ線でICカード「manaca」の利用が可能となる。
2011
2月11日
The IC card "manaca" becomes available for use on the Nagoya Municipal Subway.
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名古屋市営地下鉄でICカード「manaca」の利用が可能となる。
2014
7月1日
A temporary station, Nagoya Ballpark Mae Station, was established on the Nagoya Port Line and diesel cars were operated from the station.
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名古屋港線上に臨時駅のナゴヤ球場正門前駅を開設。当駅から気動車を運行。
2014
9月25日
Heavy rain before dawn caused flooding from the adjacent JP Tower Nagoya construction site into the station premises of the Tōyama Line, resulting in a 9 hour and 15 minute suspension of operations.
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未明の大雨により、隣接のJPタワー名古屋工事現場から東山線の駅構内へ浸水。9時間15分にわたり運転見合わせ。
2015
1月16日
Due to the Chuo Shinkansen construction, a new Central North Exit was established, connecting the conventional line's North Passage to the north side of the Central Concourse, following the closure of the Taikodori North ticket gate.
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リニア中央新幹線工事に伴い、在来線北通路から中央コンコース北側につながる中央北口新設。太閤通北改札口の閉鎖に伴うもの。
2015
3月9日
The installation of movable safety fences on the Shinkansen platforms was completed.
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新幹線ホームの可動式安全柵設置完了。
2015
3月26日
With the timetable revision, the limited express "Shinano" service west of the station, towards Osaka, was abolished, and the "Shinano" began to turn back at the station towards Nagano, resulting in all limited express trains originating and terminating at the station, with only two weekday trains, a local from Tajimi to Gifu and a rapid from Kōzōji to Gifu, continuing from the Chūō West Line to the Tōkaidō Line.
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ダイヤ改正に伴い、特急「しなの」の当駅以西（大阪方面）の乗り入れが廃止される。「しなの」は、当駅で長野方面へ折り返すようになる。これに伴い、全ての特急列車は当駅発着になり、中央西線から東海道線に直通する列車は平日の2本しかない（多治見発普通岐阜行きと 高蔵寺発快速岐阜行きのみ）
2015
10月25日
The Higashiyama Line began using movable platform gates.
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東山線で可動式ホーム柵使用開始。
2018
3月17日
The Chuo Shinkansen construction work led to the suspension of use of Track 2, while around the same time, station numbering was introduced on the existing lines.
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リニア中央新幹線工事に伴い、2番線使用停止。同時期に在来線に駅ナンバリング導入。
2019
10月1日
In 2019, with the construction of the Chuo Shinkansen, track 1 was closed and track 2 was reopened.
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（令和元年）：リニア中央新幹線工事に伴い、1番線を使用停止し、2番線を使用再開。
2020
6月6日
Part of the station passageway and entrances were closed due to construction work on the Chuo Shinkansen.
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リニア中央新幹線建設工事のため駅通路・出入口の一部を閉鎖。
2022
3月12日
On the same day, with the timetable revision, through trains from the Chuo Main Line to Gifu Station on the Tokaido Main Line were abolished, and all Chuo Main Line trains became originating and terminating at this station.
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同日のダイヤ改正で、中央本線から東海道本線岐阜駅まで直通する列車を廃止。中央本線の列車はすべて当駅始発・終着となる。
2022
10月27日
A route guide map made of Lego blocks, a first in Japan, was installed in front of the ticket vending machines at the south ticket gate.
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日本初となるレゴブロック製の路線案内図を南改札口前の券売機コーナーに設置。
2022
10月27日
A route guide map made of Lego blocks, a first in Japan, was installed.
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日本初となるレゴブロック製の路線案内図を設置。
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