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Tokorozawa Station

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27 Events

1895

It opened as a station on the Kawagoe Railway, the predecessor to the Shinjuku Line and the former Seibu Railway.

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川越鉄道（新宿線の前身、後の旧・西武鉄道）の駅として開業。

1915

The Musashino Railway, the predecessor to the Ikebukuro Line, opened, and with the start of joint operations, Kawagoe Railway took over station operations.

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武蔵野鉄道（池袋線の前身）開業。共用開始に伴い川越鉄道が駅業務担当｡

1940 1月4日

A head-on collision between two Musashino Railway line trains occurred near this station.

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当駅近くで武蔵野鉄道線列車正面衝突事故発生。

1958

Double-track operation began between Shinjuku Line's Yanase Signal Station and this station.

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新宿線柳瀬信号所 - 当駅間複線運転開始｡

1960

Double-track operation began on the Ikebukuro Line between Akitsu and the current station.

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池袋線秋津 - 当駅間複線運転開始。

1963

The Ikebukuro Line began operating 10-car train formations between Ikebukuro and the current station, a first for private railways in Japan.

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池袋線池袋 - 当駅間で日本私鉄初の10両編成運転開始｡

1965

Double-track operation began between Ikebukuro Line's this station and Nishitokyo's Nishi-Tokorozawa was incorrect, the correct translation is: Double-track operation began between this station on the Ikebukuro Line and Nishi-Tokorozawa.

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池袋線当駅 - 西所沢間複線運転開始｡

1967

Dual-track operation began between this station and Shin-Tokorozawa on the Shinjuku Line.

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新宿線当駅 - 新所沢間複線運転開始｡

1983

The east entrance temporary station building and overpass began to be used, and the east entrance was opened.

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東口仮駅舎と跨線橋使用開始。東口が開設される。

1986

The south exit was opened in conjunction with the opening of the Seibu Department Store Kawagoe store.

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西武百貨店所沢店開業に伴い、南口が開設される。

1989

The Tokorozawa Station building and Seibu general information office opened.

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所沢ステーションビル・西武総合案内所開設｡

1989

A major renovation project was undertaken in the station premises.

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駅構内の大幅な改良工事が実施される。

1989

1990

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（平成元年）

1990

The pedestrian bridge for transferring on the north side, closer to Hon-Kawagoe and Ikebukuro, began operation.

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北側（本川越・池袋寄り）乗り換え跨線橋使用開始｡

1991

The east entrance ticket gate was relocated and the free passage was opened to the public.

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東口改札口移設、自由通路使用開始。

2000

The south ticket gate (Seibu gate) and east ticket gate were consolidated and a new ticket gate was opened (the current south gate).

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南口改札（西武口）と東口改札を統合し、新改札口を開設（現南口）｡

2010 3月

Construction began on the new station building.

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新駅舎改築工事着工。

2010 7月31日

With the progress of the new station building construction, the use of the west gate ticket gate was stopped and a temporary west gate ticket gate was opened on the first floor of Tokorozawa Station Building.

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新駅舎工事の進展に伴い西口改札の使用を停止させ、所沢ステーションビル1階に仮西口改札を開設。

2012

Emio Kawaguchi (Phase I, outside ticket gates) opened.

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Emio所沢（I期、改札外）オープン。

2012 3月8日

Part of the Shinbashi upper station building, including the west exit and ticket gates, began operation, resulting in the abolition of the temporary west exit ticket gate and the crosswalk bridge in the center of the platform, and a convenience store called TOMONY opened beside the ticket gates.

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新橋上駅舎の一部（西口と改札口）を供用開始。これに伴い、仮西口改札とホーム中央部の跨線橋が廃止される。改札口脇に駅ナカコンビニTOMONYオープン。

2012 11月27日

The passageway from the east exit to the new station building and the toilets in the new station building began operating, Emio Kawaguchi (Phase II, inside the ticket gates) opened, and the south exit ticket gate was abolished.

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東口から新駅舎までの通路、新駅舎トイレの供用開始。Emio所沢（II期、改札内）オープン。これに伴い南口改札廃止。

2013 4月26日

The rooftop garden and the pedestrian passage from the south exit to the new station building were completed.

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屋上庭園と南口自由通路から新駅舎までの連絡通路が完成。

2013 6月

The station improvement work was completed.

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駅改良工事完了。

2018 3月2日

The east entrance station building "Grand Emio Kawaguchi" opened with 77 stores, and accordingly, Emio and Kawaguchi Station building closed all stores by February 25, 2018.

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東口駅ビル「Grand Emio（グランエミオ）所沢」が、77店舗でオープン。それに伴い、Emio、所沢駅ステーションビルは2018年2月25日までに全店閉店。

2020

A monument of the character from "My Neighbor Totoro" was installed in the east entrance rotary.

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東口ロータリーに『となりのトトロ』のキャラクターのモニュメントを設置。

2020 9月2日

The second phase of Grand Emio Kawaguchi opened, and the south gate ticket gate began operating simultaneously.

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Grand Emio所沢第II期開業。同時に南口改札の供用開始。

2020 11月3日

The departure melody was changed to a song related to My Neighbor Totoro.

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発車メロディを『となりのトトロ』関連の楽曲に変更。

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

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西武鉄道

所沢市が舞台とされているアニメーション映画「となりのトトロ」の関連楽曲。同市の市制施行70周年を記念して使用開始した。

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西武鉄道

所沢市が舞台とされているアニメーション映画「となりのトトロ」の関連楽曲。同市の市制施行70周年を記念して使用開始した。

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