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22 Events
1889
1月16日
The station opened simultaneously with the opening of the Mito Railway's Oyama Station - Mito Station section.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
水戸鉄道 小山駅 - 水戸駅間開通と同時に開業。
1892
3月1日
The station became a station of Nippon Railway as a result of the transfer of Mito Railway to Nippon Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
水戸鉄道が日本鉄道に譲渡されたことにより、同社の駅となる。
1906
11月1日
Nippon Railway was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act and became a station on the government railway, which later became Japanese National Railways.
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日本鉄道が鉄道国有法により国有化、官設鉄道（→日本国有鉄道）の駅となる。
1912
4月1日
The section of the Moka Light Railway (now the Moka Railway Moka Line) between the present station and Moka Station opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
真岡軽便線（現・真岡鐵道真岡線）当駅 - 真岡駅間が開通。
1913
11月1日
The Jōsō Railway (now the Kanto Railway Jōsō Line) section between Tsuchiura Station and Takehandai Station opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
常総鉄道（現・関東鉄道常総線）取手駅 - 当駅間が開通。
1937
4月
The current north entrance station building was completed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
現在の北口駅舎が竣工する。
1963
11月1日
Telegraph services were abolished.
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電報取扱廃止。
1976
Minami-guchi was opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
南口を開設。
1976
5月25日
The imperial train carrying the Showa Emperor and Empress Kojun, who were attending the 27th National Tree-Planting Festival, was operated from Shimodate Station to Harajuku Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
第27回全国植樹祭に行幸啓した昭和天皇、香淳皇后が乗車するお召し列車が下館駅発、原宿駅着で運転。
1984
2月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
荷物扱い廃止。
1985
4月26日
An imperial train carrying the Showa Emperor was operated from Shimodate Station to Harajuku Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
昭和天皇が乗車するお召し列車が下館駅発、原宿駅着で運転。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the Japanese National Railways stations became stations of JR East and JR Freight.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化により、国鉄の駅はJR東日本とJR貨物の駅となる。
1988
4月11日
The JR Mooka Line was abolished and converted to the Mooka Railway Mooka Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR真岡線廃止、真岡鐵道真岡線に転換。
1992
10月1日
JR installed a Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket counter at the south entrance.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JRが南口にみどりの窓口を設置。
1997
3月22日
Freight train operations were abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
貨物列車の設定を廃止。
1998
3月4日
JR installed automatic ticket gates and began operating them.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JRが自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。
2005
8月24日
Rapid service began on the Jōsō Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
常総線で快速列車の運行開始。
2006
4月1日
The ticket gate operations at the south entrance were transferred from JR to Kanto Railway, resulting in the closure of the Midori-no-Madoguchi at the south entrance.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
南口の改札業務がJRから関東鉄道に移行。これにより南口のみどりの窓口の営業は終了。
2008
3月13日
The North Exit Byuu Plaza and Midori no Madoguchi were integrated as a travel counter and designated seat ticket vending machines were introduced.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
北口びゅうプラザとみどりの窓口を旅行カウンターとして統合。指定席券売機導入。
2009
3月14日
The Mito Line platforms introduced departure melodies.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
水戸線ホームに発車メロディを導入。
2013
12月27日
The elevator at the overpass began operating.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
跨線橋のエレベーター使用開始。
2015
6月30日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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