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1897
12月27日
It opened as a station on the Nippon Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本鉄道の駅として開業。
1906
11月1日
The station became a government railway station due to the nationalization of Nippon Railway.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本鉄道の国有化により、官設鉄道の駅となる。
1909
10月12日
The line came under the jurisdiction of the Jōban Line due to the designation of line names.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
線路名称の制定により、常磐線の所属となる。
1936
12月11日
With the direct current electrification of the Nippori - Matsudo section, all trains running between Ueno and Matsudo with Kanamachi as the starting point were electrified, and all trains hauled by locomotives heading north of Matsudo became non-stop.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日暮里 - 松戸間の直流電化に伴い、上野 - 松戸間で金町発着の全列車が電車化され、松戸以北に行く機関車牽引の全列車が通過となる。
1947
9月19日
The Kathleen Typhoon caused the Tone River embankment to collapse, flooding the Joban Line area and rendering it inoperable, while Kinshicho Station, being on high ground, was inundated with evacuees who even overflowed onto the tracks.
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カスリーン台風により、利根川の堤防が決壊。常磐線一帯が冠水して運行不能状態が続いた。金町駅は高台であり、避難民が駅に殺到。線路の上まで避難民があふれた。
1949
2月
The Mitsubishi Paper Mill Nakagawa Factory dedicated railway line was laid.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
三菱製紙中川工場専用線が敷設。
1949
6月1日
Japanese National Railways was established.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本国有鉄道が発足。
1965
2月
Construction on the elevated station began in conjunction with the quadrupling project.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
複々線増線工事に併せ、高架駅の工事が着工。
1967
4月1日
The north exit opened.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
北口が開通する。
1969
3月23日
The Ayase - Kinshicho section was switched to and began using the new elevated tracks (currently the local tracks), and from this time on, all Joban Line trains used the temporary quadruple tracks until the separation of local and rapid services.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
綾瀬 - 金町間 高架新線路（現在の緩行線）へ切替・使用開始。この時から複々線暫定使用開始で緩行・快速分離まで常磐線の全列車が使用。
1971
3月1日
The quadruple-tracking between Ayase and Kinmachi was temporarily opened, separating National Railways trains from express and freight trains, which could no longer enter the platforms.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
綾瀬 - 金町間複々線が暫定使用を開始。国電と優等列車および貨物列車が分離され、国電以外はホームに入らなくなる。
1971
4月20日
The Ayase - Abiko section was quadrupled, separating the local and rapid lines, and the station became a local line station with through services to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority Chiyoda Line, and lost its direct trains to Ueno.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
綾瀬 - 我孫子間複々線化が完成して緩行線と快速線が分離し、帝都高速度交通営団千代田線と直通乗り入れを行う緩行線の駅となり、上野行き列車がなくなる。
1971
9月4日
A freight train's tail brake van derailed while passing through the station premises, destroying points and sleepers, and since the incident occurred on the rapid line shared by long-distance and rapid electric trains and freight trains, suspensions of limited express services and others followed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅構内を通過中の貨物列車最後尾の車掌車が脱線し、ポイントや枕木が破壊される。快速線（長距離・快速電車、貨物列車の共用）での出来事であったため、特急の運休などが相次いだ。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化に伴い、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）・日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。
2001
11月18日
The IC card "Suica" becomes available for use.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2003
3月23日
Freight train operations were abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
貨物列車の設定を廃止。
2010
3月30日
The Kita-Machi Station south entrance plaza, utilizing the former freight station site, was completed at Kinmachi Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
貨物駅跡地を利用した金町駅南口広場が完成。
2011
7月16日
The south-north road on the east side of JR Kitchōji Station was opened to traffic.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR金町駅東側南北道路が開通。
2017
3月31日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2018
8月1日
Except for some trains, the use of departure melodies was stopped.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
一部列車を除いて発車メロディの使用を停止。
2019
3月16日
The use of departure melodies was discontinued on all trains.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
すべての列車において発車メロディの使用を停止。
2021
3月12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。
2022
9月22日
NewDays Kintown store opened on the former Midori no Madoguchi site.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
NewDays金町店が旧みどりの窓口跡に開業。
2024
2月1日
The use of Smart Home Door was started.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
スマートホームドアの使用を開始。
2025
10月1日
The Ekinet Q-Chike service was started.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
えきねっとQチケのサービスを開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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