狭山市駅

Sayamashi Station

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1895 3月21日

The station opened as Irumagawa Station, named after the then-current municipality of Irumagawa Town, and was originally a station on the Kawagoe Railway, making it one of the oldest stations on the Seibu Railway, after Kokubunji Station, Ogawa Station, and Higashi-Murayama Station.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

入間川駅（いるまがわえき）として開業。駅名は当時の所在自治体（入間川町）による。元は川越鉄道の駅で、西武鉄道全駅の中で国分寺駅、小川駅、東村山駅（旧久米川仮駅）に次いで古い。同時に開業した駅には所沢駅、入曽駅、川越駅（現・本川越駅）がある。

1975 3月

The east exit was opened.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

東口を開設。

1979 3月25日

The station began using its newly renovated station building and was renamed Sayama City Station, with the route names of buses departing from and arriving at the station also being changed from "Irukawa" to "Sayama", a naming convention still seen in the "Irumachi" route names of buses running between Ikebukuro Line's Iruma City Station and other destinations.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

改装新駅舎の供用を開始し、駅名を狭山市駅に改称。同時に当駅を発着する路線バスの系統名も「入川××」から「狭山××」に改称された。池袋線入間市駅発着のバス系統名が「入××」や「入間××」ではなく「入市××」と称しているのはこの名残りである。同年4月27日、駅ビル「西武狭山ステーションビル」開店。

1999 3月16日

The city of Sayama opened the Sayama City Citizen Service Corner at the east exit of Sayama Station.

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狭山市が駅東口に「狭山市駅市民サービスコーナー」を開設。

2008 11月

Demolition work on the old station building and the former Seibu Sayama Station Building begins due to redevelopment and station rebuilding.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

再開発事業に伴う駅舎改築のため、旧駅舎および旧西武狭山ステーションビルの建物の解体作業が始まる。

2010 3月25日

A town-opening ceremony for the redevelopment project in the west plaza was held.

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西口広場での再開発事業のまち開きを開催。

2010 3月26日

A new station building and part of the east-west free passage were opened to the public, and at the same time, the departure melody was changed to the children's song "Tanabatasama".

Machine translation — show Japanese original

新駅舎と東西自由通路の一部を供用開始。同時に発車メロディを童謡「たなばたさま」に変更。

2011 6月8日

Emio Station in Sayama City opened.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

Emio狭山市開業。

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

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