東武宇都宮駅

Tōbu-Utsunomiya Station

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18 Events
1931 8月11日

The line opened.

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開業<。

1931 8月18日

A ceremony to commemorate the opening of the Utsunomiya Line was held at the station plaza.

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駅広場で宇都宮線開通式を挙行。

1945 7月12日

The station building was completely burned down due to the Utsunomiya bombing.

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宇都宮空襲により駅舎全焼。

1959 11月10日

The station building "Utsunomiya Tobu Building" was completed.

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駅ビル「宇都宮東武ビル」完成。

1959 11月28日

The major renovation of Tobu Utsunomiya Station was completed and Tobu Utsunomiya Department Store opened, and the operating distance between Tobu Utsunomiya and Minami-Utsunomiya was shortened by 0.1 km.

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東武宇都宮駅大改良工事完成、東武宇都宮百貨店開店。東武宇都宮 - 南宇都宮間の営業キロが0.1 km短縮。

1960 12月31日

Freight handling was abolished.

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貨物取扱廃止。

1973 3月1日

The new building of Utsunomiya Tobu Building was completed.

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宇都宮東武ビル新館完成。

1985 3月20日

The station was relocated 10 m south within the station premises and expanded at the same time as the Tobu Utsunomiya department store refresh.

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東武宇都宮百貨店リフレッシュと同時に、駅構内を南へ10 m移動し駅構内を拡大。

1991 8月21日

Tobu Railway introduced departure melodies at its stations for the first time.

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東武鉄道の駅として初めて発車メロディを導入。

1995 9月28日

The west building of Utsunomiya Tobu Building was completed.

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宇都宮東武ビル西館完成。

1995 10月1日

The Tobu Utsunomiya department store held its grand reopening.

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東武宇都宮百貨店新装グランドオープン。

2006 3月1日

The elevator connecting the west entrance and the ticket gate floor began operating.

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西口と改札階を連絡するエレベーターが供用開始。

2007 3月18日

The IC card "PASMO" becomes available for use.

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ICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。

2007 10月15日

Home sensors were installed in preparation for one-man operation.

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ワンマン運転に備えてホームセンサーを設置。

2007 10月31日

One-man operation was accompanied by the introduction of a departure melody announcement by the driver.

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ワンマン運転に伴い運転士発車案内メロディを導入。

2012 3月17日

With the introduction of station numbering by Tobu Railway, the station was assigned the number TN 40.

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東武鉄道の駅ナンバリング導入に伴い、TN 40を当駅に付番。

2019 6月15日

In 2019, the departure melody was changed to "California Shower" for a limited period of one year.

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(令和元年) - 発車メロディを1年間の期間限定で「カリフォルニア・シャワー」に変更。

2020 6月15日

The "California Shower" departure melody, which was being used on a limited-time basis, will continue to be used.

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期間限定で発車メロディに使用されている「カリフォルニア・シャワー」が継続使用となる。

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

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