東神奈川
Higashi-Kanagawa Station
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31 Events
1908
At the time, Japanese National Railways had a Kannawa Station, so "East" was added to the front.
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当時、国鉄に神奈川駅（後に廃止）が存在したため、頭に「東」を冠した。
1908
9月23日
The Yokohama Railway Line, later known as the Yokohama Line, opened to Hachiōji Station and the station opened as a transfer point between the Japanese National Railways Tōkaidō Main Line and the Yokohama Railway Line.
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横浜鉄道線（後の横浜線）が八王子駅まで開通し、国鉄東海道本線と横浜鉄道線の接続駅として開業。
1911
12月10日
The freight branch line of Yokohama Railway was extended to Kaigannarawa Station.
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横浜鉄道の貨物支線が海神奈川駅まで開通。
1914
12月20日
The Keihin Electric Railway, the predecessor to the Keihin Tohoku Line, began operating.
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京浜電車（京浜東北線の前身）運行開始。
1914
12月26日
The Keihin Electric Railway was suspended from operation due to frequent breakdowns.
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京浜電車の故障頻発により運転中止。
1915
5月10日
Keihin Electric Railway operations resumed.
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京浜電車運転再開。
1915
12月30日
Steam locomotive train service was discontinued.
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蒸気機関車列車の停車廃止。
1917
6月17日
The freight branch line to Takashima Station was opened.
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高島駅までの貨物支線開通。
1917
10月1日
The Yokohama Railway was nationalized.
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横浜鉄道が国有化。
1925
4月4日
The electrification of the Yokohama Line between Higashi-Kanagawa and Haru-Machida (now Machida) was completed.
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横浜線東神奈川 - 原町田（現町田）間電化完成。
1930
4月1日
The freight branch line to Higashi-Kanagawa was transferred from the Yokohama Line to the Tokaido Main Line.
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東神奈川までの貨物支線が、横浜線から東海道本線に所属変更。
1932
10月1日
Electrified train operation began on the Yokohama Line to Hara-Machida and through service to Sakuragicho started.
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横浜線原町田までの電車運転開始、桜木町までの乗り入れ開始。
1945
5月29日
The station building was completely destroyed in the Great Yokohama Air Raid.
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横浜大空襲で駅舎が全壊する。
1959
4月1日
The business scope was revised from "general transportation business" to "passengers, luggage and small packages, but delivery is not made", and cargo handling was abolished, while the freight branch lines to Kōtōjima Station and Kaigannarawa Station were also abolished.
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営業範囲を「一般運輸営業」から「旅客、手荷物及び小荷物。ただし、配達はしない。」へ改正し、貨物取り扱いを廃止。同時に東高島駅および海神奈川駅までの貨物支線が廃止。
1959
4月13日
The Yokohama Line resumed operations into Sakuragicho.
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横浜線の桜木町乗り入れ再開。
1960
9月1日
The station was elevated and a free passage was opened.
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橋上駅舎化および自由通路開設。
1966
7月31日
The Higashi-Kanagawa Station-mae electric stop (East Exit) on the Yokohama City Electric Railway was abolished.
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横浜市電の東神奈川駅前電停（東口）が廃止になる。
1968
3月20日
The double-tracking of the Yokohama Line between Higashi-Kanagawa and Ōkawa was completed, and the track layout within Higashi-Kanagawa was revised accordingly.
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横浜線東神奈川 - 大口間複線化完成、これに合わせて東神奈川構内の配線変更。
1968
8月31日
The West Exit stop at Tsurumi Station of Yokohama City Electric Railway was abolished.
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横浜市電の東神奈川駅西口電停が廃止になる。
1974
10月1日
The business scope was revised to "passengers and freight".
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営業範囲を「旅客、荷物」へ改正する。
1984
2月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物の取り扱いを廃止。
1985
3月10日
The expansion to 2 island platforms with 4 tracks was completed with the installation of the first electronic interlocking system on Japanese National Railways, which began operational use, manufactured by Dōtō Signal.
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1番線を増設して2面4線化工事完成、国鉄最初の電子連動装置の実運用を開始（大同信号製）。
1987
3月31日
The handling of luggage, limited to newspapers, was resumed.
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荷物（新聞紙に限る）の取り扱いを再開。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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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）の駅となる。
1992
6月12日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into use.
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自動改札機を設置し、使用を開始する。
1996
2月21日
Departure melodies were introduced.
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発車メロディを導入。
2001
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。
2013
9月15日
The operation of indicator-equipped lighting began.
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インジケーター付き照明の運用開始。
2018
12月27日
The use of platform doors began on platforms 1 and 4 for the Keihin-Tohoku Line.
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1・4番線（京浜東北線）ホームでホームドアの使用を開始。
2025
8月7日
The use of platform screen doors with a slitted frame began on platform 2 for the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Yokohama Line.
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2番線（京浜東北線・横浜線）ホームでスリットフレームホームドアの使用を開始。
2025
9月26日
The use of platform screen doors with a slitted frame began on platform 3 for the Yokohama Line.
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3番線（横浜線）ホームでスリットフレームホームドアの使用を開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (KEIHIN–TŌHOKU LINE)
1・2
Down
横浜 · 関内 · 大船
4
Up
品川 · 東京 · 上野
↕ Platforms 1, 2, 4 serve this line
PLATFORM LAYOUT (YOKOHAMA LINE)
2・3・4
Down
新横浜 · 町田 · 橋本
↕ Platforms 2, 3, 4 serve this line
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Higashi-Kanagawa Station is served by Keihin–Tōhoku Line, Yokohama Line.