土浦駅

Tsuchiura Station

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38 Events

1895 11月4日

The station opened as a stop on Nippon Railway's Tsuchiura Line and began passenger and freight operations.

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日本鉄道土浦線の停車場として開業、旅客・貨物営業を開始。

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。

1918 4月17日

The Tsukuba Railway line between Tsuchiura and Tsukuba opened.

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筑波鉄道土浦 - 筑波間が開業。

1928 3月22日

Tsudan Electric Railway extended the line from Nezaki to Tsuchiura-ekimaeh and began interrunning, connecting Tsuchiura and Ami.

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常南電気鉄道が根崎 - 土浦駅前間を延伸し、乗り入れ開始。土浦 - 阿見間を結ぶ。

1936 10月

The second station building, known as the "ship-type station building", was completed.

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2代目駅舎（いわゆる「船型駅舎」）が完成。

1938 2月28日

The Jōnan Electric Railway ceased operations.

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常南電気鉄道営業廃止。

1943 10月26日

A train collision accident occurred within the station premises, the Jōban Line Tsuchiura Station train collision accident.

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駅構内で列車衝突事故（→常磐線土浦駅列車衝突事故）。

1949 6月1日

Japanese National Railways was established.

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日本国有鉄道が発足。

1965 6月1日

The Jōsō Tsukuba Railway merged with the Kashima Shrine Railway to form the Kantō Railway, with the Jōsō Tsukuba Railway becoming the Kantō Railway Tsukuba Line.

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常総筑波鉄道が鹿島参宮鉄道と合併して関東鉄道が発足。常総筑波鉄道は関東鉄道筑波線となる。

1976 5月24日

The imperial train carrying the Showa Emperor and Empress Kojun, who attended the 27th National Tree-Planting Festival, was operated from Isohara Station to Tsuchiura Station.

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第27回全国植樹祭に行幸啓した昭和天皇、香淳皇后が乗車したお召し列車が磯原駅発、土浦駅着で運転。

1979 4月1日

The Kanto Railway Tsukuba Line was spun off into Tsukuba Railway.

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関東鉄道筑波線が筑波鉄道に分社化。

1981 10月1日

With the timetable revision, some limited express Hometown Liner Hachi trains began stopping.

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ダイヤ改正に伴い、一部の特急「ひたち」の停車開始。

1983 2月17日

The third-generation elevated station building was completed and an east exit was established.

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3代目橋上駅舎が完成。東口設置。

1983 4月2日

The station building "WING" opened.

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駅ビル「WING」開業。

1985 6月25日

The Emperor Showa attended the International Science and Technology Exposition, with the Imperial train operating from Ueno Station to Tsuchiura Station, and returning on the 27th of the same month.

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昭和天皇が国際科学技術博覧会に行幸。お召し列車が上野駅発、土浦駅着で運転。同月27日、帰路運転。

1986 11月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

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荷物の取り扱いを廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became part of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight), and the Tsukuba Line was abolished.

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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）・日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。筑波線廃止。

1991 2月2日

The Travel Center reopened in a new format as the "Byuu Plaza Tsuchiura Station Travel Center".

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旅行センターが「びゅうPlaza土浦駅旅行センター」として新装オープン。

1991 10月13日

Service began using "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations" as the departure melody for the former Line 2 and "Rondo KV.485" for the former Lines 3 and 4.

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発車メロディに「きらきら星変奏曲（当時の2番線）」と「ロンドKV.485（当時の3・4番線）」を使用開始。

1994 6月29日

The Tsuchiura area was flooded due to heavy rainfall, with the water level rising so high that boats could be moored at the station entrance, and the station premises became a temporary evacuation center.

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土浦一帯が集中豪雨により冠水。駅の玄関口に舟がつけられるほどの高さとなった。駅構内は臨時の避難所となった。

1995 1月28日

Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.

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自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。

2004 2月20日

The station introduced ATOS broadcasting and simultaneously changed the home platform numbers from 2-4 to 1-3.

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ATOS放送導入、同時にホーム番線の変更。2 - 4番線から1 - 3番線に改称。

2008 7月13日

The station building "WING" ended operations.

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駅ビル「WING」営業終了。

2009 7月24日

The station building "Perchie Tsuchiura" opened.

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駅ビル「ペルチ土浦」が開業。

2009 8月1日

The departure melodies for tracks 2 and 3 were changed to "Kaze no Okurimono", the image song of Tsuchiura City.

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2・3番線の発車メロディを土浦市のイメージソングである「風の贈り物」に変更。

2011 12月9日

The station building "Perchie Tsuchiura" reopened after renovations.

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駅ビル「ペルチ土浦」がリフレッシュオープン。

2018 3月29日

The station building "Playa Tsuchiura" partially opened, featuring decorations in the concourse outside the ticket gates and platform waiting rooms that evoke cycling.

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駅ビル「プレイアトレ土浦」が部分開業。改札外コンコースやホーム待合室などにサイクリングをイメージする装飾を実施。

2018 4月11日

The station building "Playa Tsuchiura" reopened for the second time.

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駅ビル「プレイアトレ土浦」が2回目の開業。

2018 4月26日

Three stores with functions of a local information transmission space, a working study space, and an eat-in space opened on the down platform.

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下りホームに地域の情報発信スペース、ワーキング・スタディースペース、イートインスペースの機能を持つ3店舗が開業。

2018 5月31日

The station building "Playa Tsuchiura" opened for the third time.

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駅ビル「プレイアトレ土浦」が3回目の開業。

2019 3月29日

Decorations imagining cycling were implemented on the wall of the staircase in the station premises.

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駅構内の階段壁面にサイクリングをイメージする装飾を実施。

2019 3月31日

The travel counter at JR Byu Plaza Tsuchiura Station ceased operations.

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びゅうプラザ土浦駅（旅行カウンター）営業終了。

2020 3月19日

The cycling hotel Hoshino Resort BEB5 Tsuchiura opened and the station building Plaza Tore Tsuchiura had its grand opening.

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サイクリングホテル「星野リゾート BEB5 土浦」が開業し、駅ビル「プレイアトレ土浦」がグランドオープン。

2020 8月5日

A store called "Beard Papa Tsukuba Store" utilizing Ibaraki ingredients opened in the concourse outside the ticket gates.

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改札外コンコースにいばらき食材を活用した店舗「ビアードパパ土浦店」が開業。

2020 10月1日

The station building "Playa Tsuchiura" received the Good Design Award.

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駅ビル「プレイアトレ土浦」が「グッドデザイン賞」を受賞。

2024 10月19日

JR Freight introduced the arrival and departure track freight handling method at its stations.

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JR貨物の駅に着発線荷役方式を導入。

2024 11月18日

The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.

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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。

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

Departure Melodies

きらきら星変奏曲

上り線ホーム since 1991年

常磐線・水戸線

No longer played

ロンドKV.485 モーツァルト作曲

2・3番線 1991年 – 2009年8月1日

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