西千葉
Nishi-Chiba Station
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13 Events
1942
Initially, it had a 2-face-3-line configuration with relative platforms with north-south ticket gates and a middle line between the platforms, but later became a 1-face-2-line island platform configuration due to the elevated railway.
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開業当初は南北に改札口のある相対式ホームを有し、ホームの間に中線がある2面3線式の配置をしていた。その後、線路の高架化に伴い、1面2線の島式ホームとなった。
1942
10月1日
The station opened as a Japanese National Railways station, handling only passengers.
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国有鉄道の駅として開業。旅客のみ取扱い。
1986
3月20日
Japanese National Railways opened Midori-no-Madoguchi.
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国鉄がみどりの窓口を開設。
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。
1993
7月3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。
1999
1月
One escalator was newly installed.
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エスカレーターを1基新設
2001
11月18日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2005
4月1日
The Nishi-Chiba Station master position was abolished and it came under the management of Chiba Station master.
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西千葉駅長を廃止、千葉駅長管理下となる。
2013
2月6日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2014
12月20日
Operations were outsourced.
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業務委託化。
2017
2月25日
Early morning unmanned operation.
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早朝無人化。
2020
4月6日
The station building "Perie West Chiba" was renovated.
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駅ビル「ペリエ西千葉」がリニューアル。
2026
2月11日
The use of Smart Home Door was started.
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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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PLATFORM LAYOUT (CHŪŌ–SŌBU LINE (LOCAL))
1
Down
西船橋 · 秋葉原 · 新宿
2
Up
千葉
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
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Nishi-Chiba Station is served by Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local).