Sannomiya Station
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History, melodies, surroundingsIt opened simultaneously with the opening of the government railway's Osaka - Kobe section.
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官設鉄道の大阪駅 - 神戸駅間の開通と同時に開業する。
The station building was rebuilt from a wooden single-story structure to a partially two-story brick structure.
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駅舎を木造平屋建てから、煉瓦造りの一部2階建てに改築。
The line name was established and it became part of the Tōkaidō Line, later the Tōkaidō Main Line from 1909.
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線路名称が制定され、東海道線(1909年より東海道本線)の所属となる。
Freight handling operations were transferred to Kobe Port Station and freight handling at the station was abolished.
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神戸港駅に貨物取り扱い業務を移管し、当駅での貨物の取り扱いが廃止される。
The station building was relocated due to elevated railway construction work.
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高架化工事に伴い、駅舎を移転。
The station was relocated to its current location from the current location of Motomachi Station due to elevation.
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高架駅化により現在の元町駅の位置から現在地に移転する。
The old station building was relocated to its current location because there were plans to develop the Sannomiya area as a central hub, including the relocation of Sogo (now Kobe Hankyu) to the current location, and in 1934, Motomachi Station was established near the old station building.
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三宮神社に近い旧駅舎からわざわざ現在地へ移転したのは、そごう(現・神戸阪急)が現在地へと移転するなど、三宮の地域を中心地として整備する計画があったためである。駅移転後の1934年に、旧駅舎に近い場所に元町駅が設置された。
The area was flooded to a height of about 150cm due to the Great Hanshin Flood.
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阪神大水害により5尺(約150cm)の高さまで冠水。
The station's location changed from Kuwata District to Chuo District due to the merger of administrative districts.
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行政区の合併により駅の所在地が葺合区から中央区となる。
The Sannomiya Terminal Building opened.
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三宮ターミナルビル開業。
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
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国鉄分割民営化により西日本旅客鉄道(JR西日本)の駅となる。
The line nickname was established, and the nickname "JR Kobe Line" started being used.
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路線愛称の制定により、「JR神戸線」の愛称を使用開始。
The Central Gate ticket gate, which was previously for boarding only, and the East Gate ticket gate, which was previously for alighting only, became available for both boarding and alighting.
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乗車専用だった中央口改札と降車専用だった東口改札が乗降兼用となる。
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred at 5:46 a.m., causing damage to the station, including cracks in the platforms, and the station's operations were suspended due to the disruption of the Tokaido Main Line.
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午前5時46分に阪神・淡路大震災が発生し、当駅もホームが割れるなどの被害を受けた。また、この震災で東海道本線が不通となったため駅の営業も休止することとなった。
Service was reopened with the restoration of the Kobe Station - Nada Station section, at which time only the Central and East exits were in operation as the platforms above Flower Road had not been restored.
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灘駅 - 神戸駅間の復旧により、営業を再開する。この時点では、フラワーロードの真上部分のホームは撤去されたままであったため、中央口と東口のみで客扱いを行った。
The west entrance was reopened for business, and the elevator to the underground exclusive passageway for newspaper delivery that extended from the old Kobe Newspaper Company building was removed at the same time.
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西口の営業を再開。この再開にあわせて旧神戸新聞会館から伸びていた新聞運搬用地下専用通路へのエレベーターが撤去された。
The JR Kobe Line standard arrival melody "Sazanami" was introduced.
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JR神戸線標準接近メロディ「さざなみ」が導入される。
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the Central Exit and West Exit and began operation.
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中央口、西口に自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the east exit and began operation.
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東口に自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。
The JR Kyoto and Kobe line operation management system was introduced.
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JR京都・神戸線運行管理システムが導入される。
The IC card "ICOCA" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「ICOCA」の利用が可能となる。
The restaurant street "Dining Road" opened after renovating the upper floor of the Central Gate.
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中央口上階をリニューアルしたレストラン街「ダイニングロード」が開業する。
The elevator inside the ticket gates began operating.
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改札内のエレベーターが供用開始する。
The automatic station broadcasts are being updated.
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駅自動放送を更新する。
The electronic display board on the platform was replaced with a high-brightness one.
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ホームの電光掲示板を高輝度のものに交換する。
The electronic display boards at the ticket gates were replaced with high-brightness ones.
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改札口の電光掲示板を高輝度のものに交換する。
Work began on improving the station concourse.
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駅コンコース改良工事を着手。
A fashion zone opens within the station, with the northwest area opening first on June 7.
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駅ナカにファッションゾーンが開業する(6月7日北西部先行オープン)。
Antre Marche Sannomiya opened in the station.
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駅ナカに「アントレマルシェ三ノ宮」が開業。
The women's-only paid beauty station space "Angel B" opened.
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女性専用有料化粧直しスペース「アンジェルブ」が開業。
The final renovated area of the station concourse improvement work opened, and the sweets shop "Eki Marche Sweets" opened in its place.
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駅コンコース改良工事の最終改装エリアが開業。入れ替わりスイーツショップ「エキマルスイーツ」が開業。
The train arrival melody was changed back to a revised version of the standard JR Kobe Line melody "Sazanami" due to a review of the train entry warning sound.
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入線警告音の見直しに伴い、接近メロディをJR神戸線標準接近メロディ「さざなみ」の音質見直し版に再び変更する。
The hot spring drilling work on the south side of the station in the station square was completed.
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駅南側の駅前広場で温泉掘削工事が完了。
With the timetable revision, mutual transfers between the new rapid and ordinary electric trains at this station were abolished.
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ダイヤ改正に伴い、当駅での新快速と普通電車の相互接続が廃止される。
The Sannomiya Terminal Building, which had insufficient seismic resistance due to the revision of the Earthquake Resistance Promotion Law, closed, and the ceiling seismic reinforcement and beautification work inside the station, which had been carried out since 2016, was completed.
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耐震改修促進法の改正を受け耐震性能が不足していた三宮ターミナルビルが閉館する。2016年より行われた駅構内の天井耐震化・美装化工事が完了する。
The station announced that it would prioritize the installation of elevating platform fences.
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当駅に昇降式ホーム柵を優先的に設置することを発表する。
Remote security cameras using image analysis technology to automatically detect intoxicated passengers and suspicious objects were introduced, following introduction at Kyobashi Station and Shin-Imamiya Station.
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カメラの画像解析技術を使った酔っ払い客や不審物などの自動検知を行う遠隔セキュリティカメラを京橋駅・新今宮駅に次いで導入。
Sannomiya Terminal Hotel closed.
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三宮ターミナルホテルが閉業する。
Station numbering is introduced.
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駅ナンバリングが導入される。
Reiwa 1
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(令和元年)
The use of elevating platform gates at platform 3 began.
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3番のりばにて、昇降式ホーム柵の使用を開始。
The use of elevating platform gates on platform 2 began.
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2番のりばにて、昇降式ホーム柵の使用を開始。
The upper and lower line platforms at Sannomiya Station reused girders designed by British engineer C.A. Pownall, who came to Japan in the Meiji era, but the time of manufacture and where they were previously used are unknown, and although the Pownall girders were largely rebuilt and lost on the station's west side due to the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, those on the east side, such as the overpass, survived.
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三ノ宮駅の上下線ホームには明治時代に来日した英国人技師C・Aポーナルが設計した鉄桁が転用されたが、製造時期やどこで使用されていたものかは分かっていない。このポーナル桁は1995年(平成7年)の阪神・淡路大震災により特に駅の西側では大幅に作り直されたため失われたが東側のもの(跨道橋など)は難を逃れた。
The use of elevating platform gates at platform 4 began.
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4番のりばにて、昇降式ホーム柵の使用を開始。
The use of elevating platform gates on platform 1 was started.
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1番のりばにて、昇降式ホーム柵の使用を開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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