高坂駅

Takasaka Station

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17 Events

1923 10月1日

The line opened.

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開業。

1955 10月

The Takasaka external siding line, comprising the Chichibu Mining Highamoto Line and the Nihon Cement Higashi-Matsuyama dedicated line, opened between Takasaka and Takamoto.

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高坂構外側線（秩父鉱業高本線・日本セメント東松山専用線）高坂 - 高本間開業。

1984 7月31日

The Takanashi outside passing track was abolished.

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高坂構外側線廃止。

1986

When the station building was rebuilt, the original down track was removed and the island platform was widened, and the down track was switched to the location where the northernmost storage track existed, and during the reconstruction, the middle track, now the up track, was removed, and it was used as a single-sided 2-face 2-line structure.

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駅舎改築に際し、元々の下り線を撤去して島式ホームを拡幅し、一番北側の留置線が存在した位置に下り線が切り替えられた。また、改築の間は中線（現在の上り線）が撤去され、単式2面2線の状態で使用されていた。

1986

Before the station building was rebuilt, there was a single-platform platform facing the station building on the east side, with a total of 2 platforms and 3 tracks, and an overpass connecting each platform, and on the west side, there were 3 storage tracks where mainly freight cars were stored.

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駅舎改築前は東側に駅舎に面した単式ホームが存在し、計2面3線のホームと各ホーム間を連絡する跨線橋が設置されていた。西側には留置線が3本存在し、主に貨車が留置されていた。

1986 4月

The station building was rebuilt and a west exit was opened.

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駅舎改築、西口開設。

1987

It was selected for the 1st Saitama Architectural Landscape Award.

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第1回さいたま建築景観賞に選定される。

1992 3月1日

Automatic ticket gates were installed, with this being one of the first three stations on the Tōjō Line to have automatic ticket gates.

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自動改札機設置。東上線で最初に自動改札機が設置された3駅の一つ。

1997 2月

An escalator was installed.

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エスカレーター設置。

1999

It was selected as one of the 100 best stations in the Kanto region.

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関東の駅百選に選定される。

2009 10月15日

The use of departure melodies began.

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発車メロディ使用開始。

2010 3月18日

Elevators and barrier-free toilets were installed.

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エレベーター、バリアフリートイレ設置。

2014 3月31日

The renovation work on the toilet and ticket vending machine corner was completed.

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トイレ、券売機コーナーのリニューアル工事完成。

2016 1月27日

The subsidiary station name "Daito Bunka University Higashi-Matsuyama Campus" was introduced.

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副駅名「大東文化大学東松山キャンパス前」を導入。

2023 3月18日

The station became a stop for rapid express trains due to a timetable revision.

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ダイヤ改正により、快速急行の停車駅となる。

2023 9月1日

As part of the 100th anniversary commemoration of Taisho University, the departure melody was changed to a phrase from the university's school song for a limited time until August 31 of the following year.

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大東文化大学の創立100周年記念行事の一環として、翌年8月31日までの期間限定で発車メロディが同大学校歌の一節に変更された。

2024 9月2日

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the municipal system of Higashimatsuyama City, where the station is located, the departure melody was changed to a verse from Botan Ondo for downhill trains and Higashimatsuyama City Song for uphill trains for a limited time until February 28 of the following year.

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所在地である東松山市の市制施行70周年を記念して、翌年2月28日までの期間限定で発車メロディがぼたん音頭（下り）東松山市歌（上り）の一節に変更された。

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

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