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History, melodies, surroundingsIt opened as Kawaguchimachi Station.
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川口町駅（かわぐちまちえき）として開業。
The town of Kawaguchi implemented its municipal system and Kawaguchi Station was renamed, 14 days after another Kawaguchi Station on the same Tōhoku Main Line was renamed Iwate-Kawaguchi Station, now on the Iwate Galaxy Railway Line.
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川口町の市制施行により川口駅（かわぐちえき）と改称。この改称に先立って、改称14日前に同じ東北本線に属する川口駅が岩手川口駅（現・いわて銀河鉄道線）へ改称された。
A Ministry of Railways line train bound for Omiya collided with a passenger train stopped at the station and headed for Nagano, killing 6 people and injuring 11 others.
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駅に停車していた長野行きの旅客列車に大宮行きの省電が追突。6人が死亡、11人が重軽傷。
The Emperor Showa's visit to Saitama Prefecture, during which an Imperial train ran between Konosu Station and Kawaguchi Station.
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昭和天皇の埼玉県行幸（昭和天皇の戦後巡幸）。鴻巣駅 - 川口駅間でお召し列車が運行。
The Capital Region National Railway Strike saw instances of labor union members' incitement at Kawaguchi Station.
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首都圏国電暴動。川口駅では労働組合員による扇動行為も見られた。
On March 9, an exhibition of the PR train "Sciencetrain Expo" for the International Science and Technology Exposition was held inside the station.
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3月9日：国際科学技術博覧会（科学万博）のPR列車「サイエンストレイン エキスポ号」の展示が駅構内で開催される。
Freight and luggage handling were abolished.
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貨物および荷物扱い廃止。
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。
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。
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。
The first female on-site manager (station master) of JR East Omiya Branch Office was appointed to this station.
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JR東日本大宮支社初の女性現場長（駅長）が当駅に就任する。
On January 10, 2014, the departure melody was changed to the Kawaguchi City Song.
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2014年（平成26年）1月10日：この期間、発車メロディを「川口市民歌」に変更。
On November 30, the departure melodies were changed to "Kawaguchi City Song" for Track 1 and "Genki Kawaguchi・Gose Michi Samba" for Track 2.
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11月30日：この期間、発車メロディを1番線は「川口市民歌」、2番線は「元気川口・御成道サンバ」に変更。
In 2019, the use of platform doors was started.
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（令和元年）：ホームドアの使用を開始。
A station-naka share office called "STATION BOOTH" was established outside the ticket gates.
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改札外に駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION BOOTH」を設置。
The ticket gates, ticket vending machines, and Midori-no-madoguchi were integrated, and automated ticket vending machines with voice guidance were introduced, with the Midori-no-madoguchi being converted into temporary windows.
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改札口、きっぷうりば（自動券売機）、みどりの窓口を統合。話せる指定席券売機を導入。みどりの窓口が臨時窓口化。
JR East Omiya Branch and Kawaguchi City concluded the "Basic Agreement on the Construction of the Ueno-Tokyo Line Platform and Free Passage at Kawaguchi Station".
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JR東日本大宮支社と川口市が、「川口駅の上野東京ラインホーム及び自由通路等整備に関する基本協定」を締結。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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