本川越駅
Hon-Kawagoe Station
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1895
3月21日
Kawagoe Railway's Kawagoe Station opened, and it is the oldest of the three stations currently in the center of Kawagoe City, namely Kawagoe Station, Kawagoe City Station, and Hon-Kawagoe Station.
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川越鉄道川越駅開業。現在川越市の中心にある3駅（川越駅・川越市駅・本川越駅）の中で最も古くからある。
1940
7月22日
With the opening of the Ministry of Railways line to Kawagoe, it was renamed Hon-Kawagoe Station.
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鉄道省川越線開業に伴い、本川越駅に改称。
1953
3月21日
It was relocated to its current location.
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現在地に移設。
1975
4月1日
The dedicated freight handling was abolished.
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専用線貨物取扱廃止。
1982
3月15日
The station improvement work was completed.
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駅構内改良工事完成。
1990
8月2日
The station improvement work was completed, with the platform layout changing from the previous 3 faces and 5 lines to 1 face and 2 lines.
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駅構内改良工事完成。ホームが従来の3面5線から1面2線になる。
1991
9月5日
The station building opened.
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ステーションビルオープン。
1998
The platform was renovated from an island platform with 2 tracks to the current 2 platforms with 3 tracks.
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ホームの改修を実施。島式1面2線から現在の2面3線ホームとなる。
2002
The ticket gates were changed to an open-counter style.
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改札口有人通路をオープンカウンター式に変更。
2006
11月11日
A rapid express train bound for Kokubunji was operated to commemorate the 111th anniversary of the station's opening.
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駅開業111周年として、快速急行国分寺行が運行される。
2007
3月28日
The Emperor and Empress, and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife, used the station for sightseeing in Kawagoe, and an imperial train and a pilot train using the 10000 series were operated for the occasion.
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天皇・皇后とスウェーデン国王カール16世グスタフ夫妻が川越観光のために当駅を利用。それに伴い、10000系を使ったお召し列車と露払い列車が運行される。
2009
6月11日
The station shop was renovated and reopened as TOMONY.
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駅売店がTOMONYとしてリニューアルし開店。
2012
10月20日
The subsidiary station name was added as Toki no Kane and Kura no Machi.
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副駅名に時の鐘と蔵のまちが追加された。
2016
2月20日
The west entrance was opened, and the station front rotary began to be used at the same time, and the name of the east entrance was changed to "Kura no Machi Entrance".
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西口開設。同時に駅前ロータリー供用開始。東口の名称を「蔵のまち口」に改称。
2026
1月13日
The station building "Honkawagoe Pepe" ceased operations.
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ステーションビル「本川越ぺぺ」が営業終了。
2026
1月14日
The 2nd floor ticket gate was closed due to the closure of Honkawagoe Pepe.
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本川越ぺぺ閉店に伴い、2階改札口を閉鎖。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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