Oku-Tama Station
Oku Tama is a railway station in Tokyo.
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History, melodies, surroundingsThe station opened as Hikawa Station simultaneously with the opening of the Japanese National Railways Ome Line between Okutama and this station, as a general station.
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運輸通信省（→運輸省→日本国有鉄道）青梅線 御嶽 - 当駅間開通と同時に氷川駅（ひかわえき）として開業。一般駅。
The Tokyo Metropolitan Waterworks Bureau's Ogouchi Line, a dedicated railway for transporting construction materials for the Ogouchi Dam, was opened.
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東京都水道局小河内線（専用鉄道）が開通。小河内ダムの建設資材運搬用に建設された専用鉄道。
The Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Waterworks Ogouchi Line suspended operation as the completion of the dam construction was imminent.
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東京都水道局小河内線、ダム建設竣工が間近となり、運行休止。
The line remains intact even after being suspended, and its ownership was transferred to Seibu Railway in 1963 and then to Okutama Kōgyō in 1978.
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路線は休止後も撤去されていない。所有者は1963年に西武鉄道、1978年に奥多摩工業に移っている。
The Japanese National Railways station was renamed Okutama Station and a new direct electric train service to Tokyo Station on the Chuo Line was established.
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国鉄の駅が奥多摩駅に改称。 中央線東京駅への直通電車を新設。
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station 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、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。
It was selected for "Kanto's 100 Best Stations" with the selection reason being "a mountain lodge-style station that suits the naturally rich Okutama".
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「関東の駅百選」に選定。選定理由は「自然ゆたかな奥多摩に似合っているロッジ風の山小屋駅」。
A dedicated line continued to Odakyu's limestone loading facility, where limestone transportation was carried out, with the final destination being a cement plant at Hamakawasaki Station.
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奥多摩工業の石灰石積込設備へ専用線が続き、石灰石の輸送を行っていた。最終期の行先は、浜川崎駅にあるセメント工場であった。
The last day of freight train operation.
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貨物列車の最終運行日。
The JR Freight station for freight operations was abolished.
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JR貨物の駅（貨物営業）が廃止。
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 Okutama Station Gallery opened and introduced the train departure melody of the children's song "Donguri Korokoro".
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奥多摩ステーションギャラリーがオープン。童謡『どんぐりころころ』の発車メロディを導入。
Operations were outsourced.
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業務委託化。
The station building was renovated.
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駅舎改装。
One-man operation began on the Ome - Okutama section, and on March 17, the day before the timetable revision, regular trains that crossed Ome Station ceased operation, eliminating direct trains to Tachikawa Station and Chuo Line Tokyo Station.
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青梅駅 - 奥多摩駅間でワンマン運転を開始。ダイヤ改正の前日にあたる3月17日に、青梅駅を跨いで運転される定期列車が運転終了。立川駅や中央線東京駅までの直通列車が消滅。
It becomes a directly managed station.
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直営駅となる。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
青梅線青梅以西のワンマン化により使用停止。
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What train lines connect at Oku-Tama Station?
Oku-Tama Station is served by JC Ōme Line.