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History, melodies, surroundingsThe station opened as a station on the Japanese Government Railways Tokaido Main Line and began handling passengers and freight.
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鉄道省東海道本線の駅として開業。旅客・貨物取り扱いを開始。
The Sagami Railway Sagami Line opened.
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相模鉄道相模線が開業。
The Sagami Railway Sagami Line was nationalized and became the Sagami Line of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, later Japanese National Railways.
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相模鉄道相模線が国有化され、運輸通信省（後の日本国有鉄道）相模線となる。
At around 2:05 PM, a freight train derailed within the station premises, and an outbound Shonan electric train collided with it, also derailing and overturning, injuring dozens of middle school students on a school trip.
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午後2時5分頃、構内で貨物列車が脱線。これに上り湘南電車が接触して脱線転覆、乗客の修学旅行中の中学生20数人が重軽傷を負った。
Overpasses were added.
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跨線橋を増設。
The handling of car freight was abolished, and a freight platform for covered wagons had been installed.
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車扱貨物の取り扱いを廃止。有蓋車用の貨物ホームが設置されていた。
It was rebuilt as an elevated station.
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橋上駅に改築。
Cargo handling was abolished.
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荷物取り扱いを廃止。
The station building "Chigasaki Lumine" opened for business.
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駅ビル「茅ヶ崎ルミネ」が開業。
With the privatization of JNR, it became a station of East Japan Railway.
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国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道の駅となる。
A platform exclusively for the Shonan Liner was installed on the freight line, becoming lines 3 and 4, and the passenger line platforms became lines 5 and 6.
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貨物線上に湘南ライナー専用ホームが設置され3･4番線となり、旅客線ホームは5･6番線となる。
Around this time, major renovation work began on the North Exit Bus Terminal.
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頃：北口バスターミナルの大改修工事に着工。
The major renovation work on the Kita-guchi Bus Terminal was completed.
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北口バスターミナルの大改修工事が竣工。
The IC card "Suica" began service.
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ICカード「Suica」供用開始。
The station building "Chigasaki Lumine" was renamed to "Chigasaki Lasca".
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駅ビル「茅ヶ崎ルミネ」が「茅ヶ崎ラスカ」に改称される。
A connecting bus service between Kita-guchi Bus Terminal and Narita International Airport began operation.
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北口バスターミナルより成田国際空港への連絡バスが運行開始。
The departure melodies for tracks 5 and 6 were changed to Southern All Stars' "Kibou no Wadachi".
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5・6番線の発車メロディをサザンオールスターズの「希望の轍」に変更。
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
The large-scale expansion work of the station building "Chigasaki Lasca" was completed.
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駅ビル「茅ヶ崎ラスカ」大規模増床工事が竣工。
The departure melodies for tracks 1 and 2 were changed to Yuzo Kayama's "Umi, Sono Ai".
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1・2番線の発車メロディを加山雄三の「海 その愛」に変更。
The departure melodies "Umi, Sono Ai" for tracks 1 and 2 disappeared due to the Sagami Line's one-man operation.
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1・2番線の発車メロディ「海 その愛」が相模線ワンマン化により消滅。
On the 28th, 30th, and October 1st, special express train "Eboshi" was operated between Tokyo Station and this station in conjunction with the Southern All Stars' "Chigasaki Live 2023" held at Chigasaki Park Baseball Stadium.
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28日・30日 - 10月1日:茅ヶ崎公園野球場で開催されたロックバンド・サザンオールスターズの『茅ヶ崎ライブ2023』開催に伴う臨時特急「えぼし」を東京駅から当駅間で運転。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
ボーカルの桑田佳祐が茅ヶ崎市出身である、サザンオールスターズの代表曲。2000年に開催した凱旋コンサートを契機にサザンの楽曲を発車メロディに導入しようという計画が浮上していたものの（「希望の轍」はその際行われた市民投票で1位を獲得した）、スムーズな乗降に支障をきたすとして却下され、代案としてコンサートの翌2001年の夏季に駅構内にてサザンオールスターズの楽曲がオルゴールによるBGMとして流されていた。その後、2014年に茅ヶ崎商工会議所青年部による署名活動によって1万名に及ぶ署名とアンケートがJR東日本に提出され、協議の結果正式に発車メロディとして採用されることになった。
加山が茅ヶ崎市出身であることによる。2022年3月の相模線ワンマン化に伴い使用停止。
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Chigasaki Station is served by Sagami Line, Tōkaidō Line.