佐和駅

Sawa Station

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17 Events
1897 2月25日

It opened as a station on the Nippon Railway.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

日本鉄道の駅として開業。

1906 11月1日

Nippon Railway was nationalized and became part of the government railway.

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日本鉄道が国有化され、官設鉄道の所属となる。

1909 10月12日

The line came under the Jōban Line due to the designation of line names.

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線路名称制定により常磐線の所属となる。

1949 6月1日

Japanese National Railways was established.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

日本国有鉄道が発足。

1972 3月15日

Freight handling was abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

貨物の取り扱いを廃止。

1984 2月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

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荷物扱い廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of JNR, it became a JR East station.

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国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本の駅となる。

2004 10月16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。

2006 3月

Automatic ticket gates and liquid crystal displays were installed, the Midori-no-Madoguchi was abolished and replaced with the Moshi Moshi Ticket Vending Machine Kaeru-kun.

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自動改札機・液晶ディスプレイを設置。「みどりの窓口」を廃止し、代替に「もしもし券売機Kaeruくん」を稼働させる。

2006 9月

The station platform fence was replaced.

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駅ホーム塀を取替え。

2010 11月5日

An elevator was installed.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

エレベーターを設置。

2012 2月9日

The Moshi Moshi Ticket Vending Machine Kaeru-kun service has ended operations.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

「もしもし券売機Kaeruくん」営業終了。

2012 2月10日

Reserved seat ticket vending machines began operation.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

指定席券売機の運用を開始。

2013 7月1日

It becomes an outsourced station with JR Mito Railway Service commissioned to handle station operations.

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JR水戸鉄道サービスが駅業務を受託する業務委託駅となる。

2013 12月

A waiting room was installed on the up platform for the direction of Mito and Ueno.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

上りホーム(水戸・上野方面)に待合室を設置。

2015 7月1日

Station operations were transferred to JR East Station Service.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

駅業務受託がJR東日本ステーションサービスへ移管。

2023 9月2日

The east-west free passage and elevated station building were opened for use.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

東西自由通路および橋上駅舎が供用開始。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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