Nishi-Tachikawa Station
Nishi Tachikawa is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe Ōme Electric Railway West-Tachikawa stop opened for passenger operations only.
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青梅電気鉄道西立川停留場開業（旅客営業のみ）。
The Nambu Railway freight branch line at Nishitachikawa Station opened.
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南武鉄道貨物支線西立川駅開業。
Nanbu Railway's Kamitsukawa Freight Branch Station merged with Nishitachikawa Stop to start passenger operations.
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南武鉄道貨物支西立川駅が西立川停留場と併合し、旅客営業を開始。
The Ōme Electric Railway was nationalized through wartime acquisition and its stations became part of the Ministry of Railways line Ōme Line.
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青梅電気鉄道が戦時買収により国有化。運輸通信省青梅線の駅となる。
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物取り扱いを廃止。
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。
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。
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。
The station building at Kōen-guchi was renovated, consolidating ticket windows, automatic ticket vending machines, and automatic ticket gates from Minami-guchi and ticket vending machines from Kōen-guchi into one location, while barrier-free construction, including the installation of one escalator and one elevator inside the ticket gates, was also completed.
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公園口駅舎を改修し南口駅舎にあった窓口・自動券売機・自動改札機と公園口の券売機等を1箇所に集約、同時に施工のバリアフリー工事（改札内エスカレーター／エレベーター各1機設置）完成。
The green window ticket sales were terminated and the "Moshi Moshi Ticket Vending Machine Kaeru-kun" was installed.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了し、「もしもし券売機Kaeruくん」を設置。
The departure melody was changed to Yumi Matsutoya's "Rain Station", which was produced with this station as its motif, and was initially scheduled to be used for three months until June 30, but was extended for another year and ultimately continued to be used until January 19, 2026.
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発車メロディを当駅をモチーフに制作された松任谷由実「雨のステイション」へ変更。同年6月30日までの3か月間の予定であったが、さらに1年間延長され、最終的に2026年（令和8年）1月19日まで継続使用されていた。
The Moshi Moshi ticket vending machine Kaeru-kun was discontinued and replaced with a multi-functional ticket vending machine.
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「もしもし券売機Kaeruくん」を廃止、多機能券売機を設置。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
当駅が舞台となった楽曲で、松任谷の3rdアルバム「COBALT HOUR」に収録されている。当初は同年6月30日までの使用予定であったが、好評のため1年間延長され、その後も継続使用されていた。また、使用終了日の1月19日は奇しくも松任谷の誕生日であった。
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What train lines connect at Nishi-Tachikawa Station?
Nishi-Tachikawa Station is served by JC Ōme Line.