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Nishi-Kunitachi Station
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Nishi Kunitachi is a railway station in Tokyo.
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15 Events
1929
12月11日
The station was opened when the Nambu Railway line between Futsuhiraiwa Station and Tachikawa Station was inaugurated.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
南武鉄道分倍河原駅 - 立川駅間開通時に開設。
1944
4月1日
With the nationalization of Nambu Railway, it became a station on the Ministry of Railways Nambu Line.
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南武鉄道国有化に伴い、運輸通信省南武線の駅となる。
1944
5月
The Tachikawa Locomotive Depot was established on adjacent land.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
隣接地に立川機関区を開設。
1951
3月1日
Freight handling began.
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貨物取扱開始。
1958
4月10日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1963
4月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物取扱廃止。
1984
7月1日
The Tachikawa Locomotive Depot was abolished.
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立川機関区廃止。
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。
1994
3月1日
Automatic ticket gates were installed.
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自動改札機設置。
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。
2010
2月28日
On April 1, 2007, operations were outsourced.
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|2007年]]|4月1日]]：業務委託化。
2010
2月28日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業終了。
2015
3月14日
The station becomes a rapid service bypass stop with the start of rapid service operations on the entire Nanbu Line.
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南武線全区間での快速運転開始に伴い、快速通過駅となる。
2024
11月12日
The use of smart home doors began on Platform 2 for down trains towards Tachikawa.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
2番線（下り立川方面）ホームにてスマートホームドアの使用を開始。
2025
2月10日
The use of smart home doors began on Platform 1 (upbound for Kawasaki).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
1番線（上り川崎方面）ホームにて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 (NAMBU LINE)
1
Up
府中本町 · 登戸 · 川崎
2
Down
立川
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Nishi-Kunitachi Station?
Nishi-Kunitachi Station is served by Nambu Line.