高萩駅

Takahagi Station

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Takahagi Station (高萩駅) in Takahagi, Ibaraki, is run by East Japan Railway Company and is on the Jōban Line (常磐線). It opened on 25 February 1897 as a Nippon Railway station.

History

The station opened on 25 February 1897 as a Nippon Railway station. The Nippon Railway was nationalised on 1 November 1906. On 12 October 1909 the station was placed on the Jōban Line. In 1926 the station building was rebuilt as the present building.

The Japanese National Railways was formed on 1 June 1949. Land readjustment east of the station was completed on 1 December 1959. In November 1964 a bell called 希望の鐘 (Kibō no Kane, 'Bell of Hope') was placed in front of the station. The station square and bus stop were completed in August 1974. On 2 October 1978 the station became a stop for limited express trains. A Midori window opened in May 1980. Luggage handling ended on 1 February 1984.

On 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR East and JR Freight. Freight trains stopped running in March 2001, and freight timetables were removed on 23 March 2002. The freight station closed on 1 April 2006.

On 18 March 2007 Green Car (グリーン車) service began on the Jōban Line, and from Ueno to this station became the Green Car zone. Commuter trains from Ueno also now end here. Suica became usable in the Mito direction on 15 March 2008, and to Iwaki on 14 March 2009. On 7 April 2011 a new footbridge with a lift opened, after its opening had been delayed by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

A departure melody, 'Ashita no Kaze to Hitotsu ni Natte' (あしたの風とひとつになって), started on 1 November 2013. On 14 March 2020 the one daily return Tokiwa limited express to Iwaki was cut back to run only to this station. The Midori window closed on 31 August 2023, and a talking reserved-seat ticket machine started on 1 September 2023.

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Written by an AI from this station's own sourced facts (the dated events in the Data view), nothing else, and checked by a program for dates and numbers that are not in those facts. It can still be wrong. Found a mistake? . Adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; this text is shared under the same licence.

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23 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。

1926 4月

The station building was rebuilt into the current one, the second version.

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現在の駅舎に改築（二代目）。

1949 6月1日

Japanese National Railways was established.

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日本国有鉄道が発足。

1959 12月1日

The station east town redevelopment project was completed.

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駅東土地区画整理事業が完了。

1964 11月

A "Bell of Hope" was installed in front of the station.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

駅前に「希望の鐘」を設置。

1974 8月

The station plaza and bus terminal were completed.

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駅前広場・バス乗り場が完成。

1978 10月2日

It became a limited express stop.

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特急停車駅化。

1980 5月

The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office was opened.

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みどりの窓口開設。

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 Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

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国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）と日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。

2001 3月

Freight train arrivals and departures cease.

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貨物列車の発着がなくなる。

2002 3月23日

The setting of freight trains was abolished due to a timetable revision.

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ダイヤ改正により貨物列車の設定廃止。

2006 4月1日

The JR Freight station was abolished and freight handling was terminated.

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JR貨物の駅が廃止され、貨物の取扱いが終了。

2007 3月18日

With the timetable revision on this day, the Joban Line introduced Green cars on the E531 series trains, and the Green car operating area was extended to this station from Ueno, and the operating area of mid-distance local trains starting and ending at Ueno was also extended to this station.

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この日のダイヤ改正で常磐線ではグリーン車がE531系電車に導入され、上野から当駅までがグリーン車の運行エリアとなった。そして、上野を発着とする中距離普通列車の運行エリアも当駅までとなった。

2008 3月15日

The IC card Suica becomes available for use, accompanying the expansion of the Tokyo metropolitan area, on the Mito direction only.

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東京近郊区間拡大に伴い、ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる（水戸方面のみ）。

2009 3月14日

With the expansion of the Tokyo suburban area, the use of the IC card "Suica" becomes possible as far as Iwaki Station.

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東京近郊区間拡大に伴い、いわき駅までICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。

2011 4月7日

The new overpass with an elevator began operating, having been delayed from its originally planned start date of March 26 due to the effects of the Tohoku Pacific Ocean offshore earthquake.

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エレベータ付き新跨線橋供用開始（3月26日供用開始予定だったものが東北地方太平洋沖地震（東日本大震災）の影響により延期）。

2013 11月1日

The departure melody was changed to "Asita no Kaze to Hitotsu ni Natte".

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発車メロディを「あしたの風とひとつになって」に変更。

2020 3月14日

The limited express "Tokiva" from Iwaki, which had one daily round trip, was shortened in operation distance due to a timetable revision and began operating to this station.

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1日1往復設定されていた、いわき発着の特急「ときわ」がダイヤ改正、運転区間の短縮に伴い、当駅までの運転となる。

2023 8月31日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

2023 9月1日

Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

話せる指定席券売機を導入。

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

Departure Melodies
あしたの風とひとつになって
全ホーム共通 since 2013年11月1日
常磐線・水戸線

いずれも日立市出身の吉田正作曲の楽曲。下りは駅ごと、上りは駅共通のメロディ（小木津・十王の両駅は音色が異なる）が使用されている。

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