Shizuoka

Shizuoka Station

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28 Events

1889

A grand opening ceremony was planned for the opening day, but a large fire occurred that day, destroying 13 towns and 1,100 homes in the city, so the ceremony was simplified, and the prepared sake and mochi were provided to the victims.

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開業日には盛大な式典が開催される予定であったが、この日に市街地13町・1,100戸を失う大火が発生し、式は簡素なものとされた。用意されていた酒や餅は被災者に提供された。

1889 2月1日

The station opened as a station on the government railway with the opening of the section between Odawara Station and Shinbashi Station of the Tōkaidō Main Line, but specifically the section between Odawara is not mentioned, instead the section between Kōfu-Tsu Station and Shizuoka Station.

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官設鉄道の駅として、東海道本線国府津駅 - 静岡駅間の開通時に開業。一般駅。

1889 4月16日

The government railway extended from this station to Hamamatsu Station and connected directly to the existing line towards Toyohashi, becoming an intermediate station.

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官設鉄道が当駅から浜松駅まで延伸し、豊橋方面への既存線と直結。途中駅となる。

1895 4月1日

The line name was established and it became part of the Tōkaidō Line, which was later renamed the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1909.

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線路名称制定。東海道線（1909年に東海道本線に改称）の所属となる。

1907 10月

The station building was rebuilt into its second version.

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2代目の駅舎に改築。

1935 10月10日

The station building was rebuilt into its third version.

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3代目の駅舎に改築。

1940 1月15日

The station building was lost in the Shizuoka Great Fire.

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静岡大火により駅舎焼失。

1957 10月12日

The overpass began to be used, and the in-yard crossing was abolished.

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跨線橋の使用を開始して、構内踏切を廃止する。

1964 10月1日

The Tōkaidō Shinkansen station opened.

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東海道新幹線の駅が開業。

1967 10月1日

Part of the freight handling operations were transferred to Higashi-Shizuoka Station, now known as Shizuoka Freight Station.

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東静岡駅（現在の静岡貨物駅）に貨物取り扱い業務の一部を移管。

1970 3月15日

The Shinkansen platform was extended to accommodate 16-car trains.

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新幹線のホームが16両対応に延伸される。

1971 4月1日

The Travel Center opened.

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旅行センター開業。

1973 6月1日

Cargo handling was completely abolished.

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貨物取り扱いを全廃。

1977 10月17日

The down line was elevated.

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下り線が高架化。

1979 2月15日

The up line was elevated.

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上り線が高架化。

1979 10月12日

The elevated station building was completed.

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高架駅舎が完成。

1981 10月8日

The Shizuoka Station building "Palsh" opened.

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静岡駅ビル「パルシェ」オープン。

1983

In the spring, escalators were installed on the down platform of the Tokaido Main Line and the Tokaido Shinkansen.

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春：東海道本線下りホームと東海道新幹線にエスカレーターを設置。

1984 3月31日

An escalator was installed on the up platform of the Tokaido Main Line.

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東海道本線上りホームにエスカレーター設置。

1986 11月1日

Cargo handling was abolished.

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荷物取り扱いを廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it becomes a JR East station.

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国鉄分割民営化により、JR東海の駅となる。

1991 7月13日

ASTY Shizuoka opened under the elevated station.

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駅高架下に「ASTY静岡」が開業。

1992 12月12日

Automatic ticket gates were introduced at conventional line ticket gates.

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在来線改札口に自動改札機を導入。

1997 4月15日

Automatic ticket gates were installed on a trial basis at the Shinkansen ticket gates for 10 days.

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新幹線改札口に10日間のみ自動改札機を試験設置。

1997 6月11日

Automatic ticket gates were introduced at Shinkansen ticket gates, a first nationwide for the Shinkansen.

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新幹線改札口に自動改札機を導入（新幹線では全国初）。

2006 10月26日

An accident occurred where an JR East employee jumped in front of the downbound Nozomi 61 Tokyo-Hiroshima train on the Tokaido Shinkansen passing track, resulting in 38 trains being cancelled and affecting 110,000 passengers.

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東海道新幹線下り通過線上でJR東海社員が通過中の東京発広島行き「のぞみ61号」に飛び込み自殺する事故が発生。上下合わせて38本が運休し、11万人の乗客に影響が出た。

2008 3月1日

The IC card "TOICA" became available for use at conventional line ticket gates.

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在来線改札口でICカード「TOICA」の利用が可能となる。

2012 3月17日

Local trains that ran directly to Tokyo Station from this station were abolished with the previous day's trains being the last.

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当駅発着で東京駅へ直通する普通列車が前日の列車を最後に廃止。

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

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