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Gokan Station

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11 Events
1926 11月20日

The station opened with the extension of the Jōetsu Line from Numata Station to this station.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

上越南線が沼田駅から当駅まで延伸したことに伴い開業。

1928 10月30日

The Jōetsu Line was extended from this station to Minakami Station.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

上越南線が当駅から水上駅まで延伸。

1931 9月1日

With the opening of the section from Suwamura Station to Echigo-Yuzawa Station, the section from Takasaki Station to Miyauchi Station was fully completed, and the section including this station came to be known as the Jōetsu Line, but the section from Takasaki Station to Miyauchi Station was later referred to as the Shin'etsu Line and then the Hokuriku and Jōetsu lines were renamed, however the original translation is: With the opening of the section from Suwamura Station to Echigo-Yuzawa Station, the section from Takasaki Station to Miyauchi Station was fully completed, and the section including this station came to be known as the Jōetsu Line.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

水上駅から越後湯沢駅までの開通により、高崎駅から宮内駅までが全通し、当駅を含む同区間が上越線とされる。

1961 9月

The station building was rebuilt.

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駅舎を改築。

1963 9月10日

Freight handling was abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

貨物の取り扱いを廃止。

1984 2月1日

The handling of freight was abolished.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

荷物の扱いを廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of JNR, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

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国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道(JR東日本)の駅となる。

2009 3月14日

The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use and the line is incorporated into the Tokyo suburban area.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。東京近郊区間に組み込まれる。

2018 4月19日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

2018 4月20日

It became unstaffed throughout the day.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

終日無人化。

2021 4月20日

The old office was renovated and reopened as a study room.

Machine translation — show Japanese original

旧事務室をリニューアルし、学習室として開設。

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

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