the former Nambu Railway are still used by Chūō Main Line and Nambu Line trains traveling to and from the southern area of Tachikawa Station. Chronology 24 April 1925: Itsukaichi Railway opens between Haijima (temporary) and Itsukaichi stations (). Haijima (temporary), Higashi-Akiru, Nishi-Akiru, Masuko, and Itsukaichi stations open. 15 May 1925: Extension from Haijima (temporary) Station to Haijima Station opens; Haijima (temporary) Station closes. 16 May 1925: Masuko Station renamed Musashi-Masuko Station. 1 June 1925: Itsukaichi Station renamed Musashi-Itsukaichi Station. 20 September 1925: Musashi-Itsukaichi - Musashi-Iwai section opens; Okuno, Musashi-Iwai stations open. 1 July 1926: Tamagawa Station (freight only) opens. 1 April 1930: Distance markers changed from miles to kilometres. 4 April 1930: Construction of Byōinmae Station authorized. 13 July 1930: Tachikawa - Haijima extension opens; Musashi-Uenohara, Gouchi, Musashi-Fukushima, Minami-Nakagami, Miyazawa, Ōgami, Musashi-Tanaka, Minami-Haijima stations open. 28 May 1931: Kumagawa Station opens. 8 December 1931: Musashi-Tanaka - Haijima-Tamagawa freight branch () opens; Haijima-Tamagawa Station (freight only) opens. Tamagawa Station is renamed Musashi-Tamagawa Station. 3 October 1940: Line taken over by Nambu Railway, becomes Itsukaichi Line. Musashi-Tamagawa Station closes. 1 April 1944: Line is nationalized. Byōinmae Station renamed Musashi-Hikita Station. Musashi-Uenohara, Miyazawa, and Musashi-Tanaka stations close. Origin of freight branch (Musashi-Tanama - Haijima-Tamagawa) moved to Minami-Haijima Station (+1.4 km). Distance between Musashi-Itsukaichi and Musashi-Iwai shortened by . 11 October 1944: Tachikawa - Haijima section of Main Line and Minami-Haijima - Haijima-Tamagawa section of freight branch close. Gouchi, Musashi-Fukushima, Minami-Nakagami, Ōgami, Minami-Haijima, Haijima-Tamagawa stations close. 17 February 1961: Haijima - Musashi-Iwai section electrified at 1,500 V DC. 1 February 1971: Ōkuno - Musashi-Iwai section of main line closes. Passenger service between Musashi-Itsukaichi and Ōkuno ceases; section becomes a freight branch. CTC installed in all sections. 15 November 1982: Musashi-Itsukaichi - Ōkuno freight branch closes; all freight services discontinued. 31 March 1987: Nishi-Akiru Station renamed Akigawa Station. 1 April 1987: Following privatization of JNR line becomes part of JR East. 18 March 2007: New E233 series trains enter service. 15 March 2008: Semi-automated door operation starts year-round using E233 series rolling stock. 20 August 2016: Station numbering introduced with stations being assigned station numbers between JC81 (Kumagawa) and JC86 (Musashi-Itsukaichi). 12 March 2022: Excluding all Holiday Rapid Akigawa services, all through service beyond Tachikawa station via the Ome Line is discontinued. References External links Stations of the Itsukaichi Line (JR East) Lines of East Japan Railway Company Railway lines in Tokyo Railway lines