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1915
4月1日
Tōjō Railway's Kawagoe-machi - Kawagoejō station was opened as Kawagoe Nishimachi Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東上鉄道の新河岸 - 川越町間に川越西町駅（かわごえにしまちえき）として開業。
1920
7月27日
Tōjō Railway merged into Tōbu Railway and became a station on Tōbu Railway's Tōjō Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東上鉄道が東武鉄道に合併し、東武鉄道東上本線の駅となる。
1940
7月22日
JNR (later Japanese National Railways) Kawagoe Line's Kawagoe Station opened, with station operations entrusted to Tobu Railway, and Tobu Railway's station was simultaneously renamed Kawagoe Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄（のちの日本国有鉄道）川越線川越駅が開業。駅業務は東武鉄道に委託（業務委託駅）。同時に東武鉄道は川越駅に改称。
1961
10月
The effective length of the platform of Tobu Railway was extended.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武鉄道のホーム有効長を延長。
1976
6月1日
The Japanese National Railways' Kawagoe Station discontinued its freight operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄川越駅の貨物営業廃止。
1976
11月1日
The Kawagoe Station on the JR East Tokaido Main Line's up and down platforms were modified to accommodate 10-car train formations, and a pedestrian overpass was also opened to service at the same time.
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東上本線川越駅の上り・下りホーム10両編成対応。同時に跨線橋が供用開始。
1984
2月1日
The Japanese National Railways' Kawagoe Station discontinued its freight handling operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄川越駅の荷物扱いを廃止。
1985
9月30日
The Japanese National Railways Kawagoe Line was electrified and began direct operation with the Saikyo Line.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄川越線が電化され、埼京線との直通運転を開始。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the Kawagoe Line became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、川越線は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1989
2月1日
In 1989, JR East stopped consigning station operations to Tobu Railway and changed to directly managed stations.
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（平成元年）：JR東日本が東武鉄道への駅業務委託を取り止め、直営駅に変更する。
1990
5月16日
With the opening of the east exit redevelopment building Atre, Tobu Railway's elevated station building partially began operation and the east-west free passage was opened.
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東口再開発ビルアトレの開業に伴い、東武鉄道の橋上駅舎が一部供用を開始し、東西自由通路が開通。
1991
4月1日
JR East's elevated station building was put into service and automatic ticket gates began to be used.
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JR東日本の橋上駅舎が供用開始、自動改札機の使用を開始。
2001
11月18日
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2004
2月19日
JR East carried out a major renovation of the station building, which included moving the ticket counter and adding another set of stairs on the Omiya side, and Lumine Kawagoe store opened on the Kawagoe Line platform.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本側の大幅な駅舎改修が行われ、窓口移動のほか、階段がもう一組大宮側に増設され、川越線ホーム上にはルミネ川越店が開店。
2007
3月18日
The IC card "PASMO" became available for use on Tobu Railway.
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東武鉄道でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。
2007
9月20日
The in-station commercial facility "Fine Kawagoe" on the Tōbu Railway side reopened as "Ekiya Kawagoe".
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東武鉄道側の駅ナカ商業施設「ファイン川越」が「エキア川越」としてリニューアルオープン。
2008
3月18日
Tobu Tojo Line platforms introduced departure melodies.
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東武東上線ホームで発車メロディを導入。
2014
3月26日
The renovation work on the west entrance station square was completed and the pedestrian deck began operation.
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西口駅前広場の改修工事が完了。ペデストリアンデッキが使用を開始。
2018
3月17日
The use of platform doors began on the Tobu Tojo Line platforms.
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東武東上線ホームにてホームドアの使用を開始。
2019
3月16日
It became a stop for the newly established "Kawagoe Limited Express" with the revision of the Tobu Tojo Line timetable and changed the departure melody on the Tobu Tojo Line platform.
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東武東上線のダイヤ改正に伴い、新設された「川越特急」の停車駅となる。東武東上線ホームで発車メロディを変更。
2020
7月
Around this time, JR East's station was renovated, with improvements made to the exterior of the ticket gates and the Midori-no-Madoguchi, and the relocation of automatic ticket vending machines.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
頃：JR東日本の駅がリニューアル。改札口の外観およびみどりの窓口の改良、自動券売機の移設が行われる。
2020
7月11日
A tourist information corner was set up inside the JR East ticket gate.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR東日本の改札口内に観光案内コーナーを設置。
2022
2月14日
Ticket vending machines with voice guidance were introduced and Midori-no-Madoguchi became temporary ticket counters.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
話せる指定席券売機を導入。みどりの窓口が臨時窓口化。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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