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1889
6月16日
When the section of the government railway between Ōfuna Station and Yokosuka Station opened, Kamakura Station opened, initially with two opposed platforms and two tracks.
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官設鉄道大船駅 - 横須賀駅の開通時に、鎌倉駅が開業する。開業時は相対式ホーム2面2線である。
1909
10月12日
It became a station on the Yokosuka Line.
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横須賀線所属駅となる。
1910
11月14日
Omachi Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway opened on a tramway above the old Kamakura Police Station near the east exit of the station.
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江之島電氣鉄道の小町駅が駅東口の旧鎌倉警察署あたり、併用軌道上に開業する（）。
1915
10月18日
Enoshima Electric Railway's Omachi Station was renamed Kamakura Station.
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江之島電氣鉄道の小町駅が鎌倉駅に改称する。
1916
11月23日
The second-generation station building of Kamakura Station, operated by the Ministry of Railways, was completed, resulting in an island platform with two tracks, and a west exit and underground passageway were also installed, with the station building being affectionately known for its clock tower.
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鉄道省鎌倉駅、二代目駅舎が落成する。この時に島式ホーム1面2線となり、西口および地下通路設置。時計塔のある駅舎として親しまれた。
1930
The Ministry of Railways line's west station building was rebuilt into its second generation, although the exact date and time are unknown.
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省線の西口駅舎が二代目になる（正確な日時不明）。
1936
8月
The Ministry of Railways line's Kamakura Station added a staircase on the north side towards Kita-Kamakura near the main staircase.
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省線鎌倉駅、主階段の北鎌倉寄りに階段を増設する。
1943
6月1日
The Japanese National Railways was established and the Ministry of Railways line stations became Japanese National Railways stations.
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日本国有鉄道が発足し、運輸通信省の駅は国鉄の駅となる。
1949
3月1日
The Enoshima Electric Railway station was relocated to its current location and the line was renamed the Enoshima-Kamakura Observation Line on August 1 of the same year following a company name change.
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江ノ島電気鉄道の駅が現在地に移転し、社名変更で同年8月1日に路線名を江ノ島鎌倉観光線と改称する。
1962
4月21日
Cargo handling at Japanese National Railways stations was abolished.
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国鉄駅での貨物取り扱いを廃止する。
1968
12月9日
The east-west underground passage (underpass) opened.
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東西地下連絡通路（地下道）が開通する。
1981
9月1日
Enoshima Kamakura Kanko changed its company name to Enoshima Electric Railway, and the private railway Kamakura Station became a station on the Enoshima Electric Railway line, with the second-generation Enoden station building being completed.
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江ノ島鎌倉観光が江ノ島電鉄に社名変更し、私鉄鎌倉駅は江ノ島電鉄線の駅となる。江ノ電の二代目駅舎が落成する。
1984
10月3日
The Japanese National Railways station building was rebuilt into its current form, which is the third generation, according to a book by Kenchikusekkei and Ekimaru Group published in 1996.
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国鉄の駅舎を現在のものに改築（三代目）{{Cite book ja-jp |author = 交建設計・駅研グループ |year = 1996 |title = 駅のはなし 明治から平成まで
1985
3月14日
The handling of luggage at Japanese National Railways stations was abolished.
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国鉄駅での荷物扱いを廃止する。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the Japanese National Railways station became a JR East station.
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国鉄分割民営化により、国鉄の駅はJR東日本の駅となる。
1993
11月5日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at JR East stations.
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JR東日本の駅に自動改札機を設置。
1997
3月18日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the transfer gates with the Enoden.
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江ノ電との連絡改札口に自動改札機を設置。
2000
A JR East station was selected as one of the Kanto's 100 best stations.
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JR東日本の駅が関東の駅百選に選定される。
2001
11月18日
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2001
12月1日
The Shonan-Shinjuku Line began operating.
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湘南新宿ライン運転開始。
2007
3月18日
IC card "PASMO" became available for use on the Enoshima Electric Railway.
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江ノ島電鉄でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2007
10月31日
The station building "Ekisuto Kamakura" at the east exit opened.
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東口の駅ビル「エキスト鎌倉」が開業する。
2013
7月1日
The nursery rhyme "Kamakura" was adopted as the station's departure melody for a limited time period until June 30, 2015.
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童謡「鎌倉」を駅の発車メロディーとして、2015年（平成27年）6月30日までの期間限定で採用する。
2014
3月15日
Some trains on the Narita Express running between Yokohama Station and Ofuna Station began operating temporarily to Yokosuka Station on busy weekends and holidays, with this station as a stop.
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横浜駅・大船駅発着の「成田エクスプレス」の一部列車が、横須賀駅までの臨時列車として繁忙期の土日祝のみ延長運転を開始し、当駅が停車駅となる。
2016
3月22日
The east exit was renovated and the station building reopened as a new facility called CIAL Kamakura.
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東口を改装し、駅ビルは「CIAL鎌倉」として新装開業する。
2017
1月
The extended operation of the Narita Express was suspended.
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成田エクスプレスの延長運行が休止。
2018
3月20日
The soba shop at Ofuna Station reopened as a renovated Irorian Kiraku Kamakura store.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
大船軒駅そば屋が「いろり庵きらく鎌倉店」として新装開業する。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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