東海駅

Tōkai Station

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1898 4月1日

It opened as Ishigami Station on Nippon Railway.

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日本鉄道の石神駅(いしがみえき)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24日

Muramatsu Railroad opened between Ishigami Station and Aboshi Station.

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村松軌道が開業(石神駅 - 阿漕駅)。

1933 2月15日

Muramatsu Railway was abolished.

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村松軌道が廃止。

1949 6月1日

Japanese National Railways was established.

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日本国有鉄道が発足。

1957 4月1日

It was renamed Tōkai Station.

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東海駅に改称。

1961 12月29日

When the up limited express "Iwate" passed through the station, it exceeded the speed limit for the switch and derailed, causing the locomotive (C62 21) and two passenger cars to derail and overturn, with other passenger cars also derailing, resulting in the death of the locomotive assistant and injuries to five people.

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上り急行「いわて」が当駅を通過時に分岐器通過速度を超過し、機関車(C62 21)と客車2両が脱線転覆、他の客車も脱線。機関助士が死亡、5人が負傷。

1972 3月15日

Freight handling was abolished.

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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。

1984 2月1日

Cargo handling was abolished.

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荷物扱いを廃止。

1985 3月

The Rapid Tokiwa's discontinuation resulted in the Limited Express Hitachi becoming a stopping train at this station.

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急行ときわ号の廃止により特急ひたち号の停車駅となる。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of JNR, it became a JR East station.

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国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本の駅となる。

1992 11月16日

Work began on elevating the station building.

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橋上駅舎化工事に着手。

1994 1月20日

Eidan began operating the elevated station building.

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橋上駅舎の営業を開始。

2004 10月16日

With the expansion of the Tokyo suburban area, Suica becomes available for use.

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東京近郊区間拡大に伴い、Suicaが利用可能となる。

2015 4月1日

It becomes an outsourced station with JR Mito Railway Service commissioned to handle station operations.

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JR水戸鉄道サービスが駅業務を受託する業務委託駅となる。

2015 7月1日

Station operations were transferred to JR East Station Service.

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駅業務受託がJR東日本ステーションサービスへ移管。

2023 3月17日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

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

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