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44 Events
1872
7月10日
On June 5, it opened as Japan's third railway station, along with Kanagawa Station, as one of the first intermediate stations on the temporary Shinbashi Station - Yokohama Station (now Sakuragicho Station) line that had opened on June 12 (May 7).
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（6月5日）：神奈川駅と共に日本で3番目の鉄道駅として開業。6月12日（5月7日）に品川駅 - 横浜駅（現在の桜木町駅）間で仮開業していた、初の中間駅の一つとして設けられた（「日本の鉄道開業」も参照）。
1898
4月1日
Freight handling began.
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貨物の取り扱いを開始。
1914
12月20日
The Keihin Line, now known as the Keihin-Tohoku Line, began operating.
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京浜線（現在の京浜東北線）運行開始。
1914
12月26日
Service on the Keihin Line was suspended due to frequent train malfunctions.
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京浜線電車の故障頻発により運転中止。
1915
5月10日
Keihin Line train operations were resumed.
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京浜線電車の運転を再開。
1915
12月30日
Steam locomotive train service was discontinued.
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蒸気機関車列車の停車廃止。
1918
5月1日
The Tōkaidō Main Line freight branch line was extended to Hamakawasaki Station.
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東海道本線貨物支線が浜川崎駅まで開通。
1927
3月9日
The Nambu Railway Line, now known as the Nambu Line, was extended to Noborito Station.
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南武鉄道線（現在の南武線）が登戸駅まで開通。
1944
4月1日
The Nambu Railway was nationalized.
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南武鉄道が国有化。
1944
10月14日
Kawasaki Station-mae electric stop on the Kawasaki City Electric Railway opened.
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川崎市電の川崎駅前電停が開業。
1958
12月1日
The ticketing section of Minshū Station was completed and opened for service.
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民衆駅の出札部分が完成し、供用開始。
1959
4月1日
Minshū Station was completed, becoming the first station building in Kanagawa Prefecture.
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民衆駅が完成。神奈川県で初めての駅ビル。
1960
6月1日
The Yokosuka Line trains stopped at the station all day.
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横須賀線電車が終日停車となる。
1963
4月22日
A transfer-only overpass was installed closer to Tokyo Station and began to be used.
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東京駅寄りに乗換専用跨線橋を設置し、使用開始。
1965
10月1日
The business scope was revised from "general transportation business" to "passengers, luggage, small packages, and cargo handled in vehicles".
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営業範囲を「一般運輸営業」から「旅客、手荷物、小荷物及び車扱貨物」に改正。
1969
4月1日
The Kawasakieki-mae electric stop on the Kawasaki City Electric Railway was abolished.
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川崎市電の川崎駅前電停が廃止。
1970
A dedicated line extended to Meiji Seika Kawasaki Factory, where freight transport was carried out, and another dedicated line also extended to Toshiba Kawasaki Factory until around 1970.
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明治製菓川崎工場へ専用線が続き、貨物輸送が行われていたほか、1970年頃まで東芝川崎工場へも専用線が続いていた。
1973
10月1日
The freight branch line between this station and Hamakawasaki Station was abolished.
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貨物支線 当駅 - 浜川崎駅間が廃止。
1980
10月1日
With the SM separation, which separated the operation of the Tokaido Line and the Yokosuka Line, the Yokosuka Line no longer passed through this station, and at the same time, all local trains on the Tokaido Line began to stop at this station.
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SM分離（東海道線と横須賀線の分離運転）により横須賀線が当駅を経由しなくなったと同時に、東海道線のすべての普通列車が停車するようになる。
1981
9月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1986
10月1日
The underground shopping street "Kawasaki Azeria" at the east exit opened, and around the same time the Kawasaki Station East Exit Bus Terminal began operation.
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東口地下街「川崎アゼリア」が開業。同時期に川崎駅東口バスターミナルが供用開始。
1986
11月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物の取り扱いを廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of JNR, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1988
6月28日
The station building was elevated and the platforms of the Keihin-Tohoku Line were extended by 35m.
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橋上駅舎化。京浜東北線のホームを35m延伸。
1988
7月8日
The station building was renovated and expanded, and Kawasaki BE opened.
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駅ビル部分の改装、増築し「川崎BE」開業。
1992
3月10日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and their use began.
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自動改札機を設置し、使用を開始。
2001
11月18日
The use of the transportation IC card Suica becomes available.
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交通系ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2007
4月1日
The north bus terminal at the west exit of LaLaport Kawasaki began operating.
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ラゾーナ川崎前の西口北バスターミナルが供用開始。
2011
4月
The redevelopment of the east exit of Kawasaki Station was completed, and the east exit bus terminal was divided into "Kaijima" and "Sorajima".
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川崎駅東口の再整備が完了、東口バスターミナルが「海島・空島」に二分される。
2011
4月9日
Rapid service began on the Nambu Line, which was initially scheduled to start on March 12 but was postponed due to the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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南武線で快速の運転を開始。当初は3月12日から開始予定だったが、東日本大震災の影響により延期となった。
2014
2月23日
Around 1:11 a.m., a non-revenue Keihin-Tohoku Line train collided with a maintenance vehicle and derailed, resulting in the suspension of operations between Kamata and Tsurumi for the entire day.
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午前1時11分頃、京浜東北線の回送電車が工事用車両と衝突し、脱線・横転する事故が発生。蒲田 - 鶴見間で終日運転を見合わせた。
2015
3月14日
The Ueno-Tokyo Line opened, and the Tokaido Line trains began mutual direct operation with the Utsunomiya Line and Takasaki Line trains.
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上野東京ライン開業。東海道線列車が宇都宮線・高崎線列車と相互直通運転開始。
2017
4月5日
The departure melody on the Nambu Line platform was changed to the Kawasaki City Song.
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南武線ホームの発車メロディを「川崎市歌」に変更。
2017
6月18日
The Central North ticket gate was put into service, the former ticket gate was renamed to Central South ticket gate, and the East-West free passage was renamed to Central passage.
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中央北改札供用開始、従来の改札を中央南改札へ、東西自由通路が中央通路に改称。
2017
12月10日
The departure melody on the Tokaido Line platform was changed to "Ue o Muite Arukō".
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東海道線ホームの発車メロディを「上を向いて歩こう」に変更。
2018
2月17日
Atre Kawasakii inner ticket gate and the north free passage and the north ticket gate connecting the east and west of the station started operating.
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アトレ川崎内改札（アトレ改札）と、駅の東西を結ぶ北口自由通路および接続する北口改札を供用開始。
2018
4月1日
The Nishiguchi Kita Bus Terminal was renamed to Kawasaki Station Lazona Square.
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西口北バスターミナルを「川崎駅ラゾーナ広場」に改称する。
2018
11月3日
Expansion work is being carried out on platforms 1 and 2, the Tokaido Line platforms.
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1・2番線（東海道線ホーム）の拡幅工事が行われる。
2020
3月18日
The booth-type "STATION BOOTH" of the in-station shared office "STATION WORK" was opened.
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駅ナカシェアオフィス「STATION WORK」のブース型「STATION BOOTH」が開設。
2020
3月21日
The use of platform doors began on platforms 3 and 4, the Keihin-Tohoku Line platforms.
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3・4番線（京浜東北線ホーム）でホームドアの使用を開始。
2020
3月24日
Ekitabi Concierge began operation.
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駅たびコンシェルジュが開業。
2020
12月18日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2024
7月24日
The use of smart home doors began on platforms 5 and 6, the Nambu Line platforms.
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5・6番線（南武線ホーム）でスマートホームドアの使用を開始。
2025
3月14日
With the introduction of one-man operation on the Nambu Line, the departure melodies for tracks 5 and 6 were abolished.
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南武線のワンマン運転化に伴い、5・6番線の発車メロディを廃止。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Departure Melodies
上を向いて歩こう
坂本九
坂本九が川崎市出身であることによる。また、常磐線友部駅でも使用されている（後述）。
No longer played
川崎市歌
南武線のワンマン化により使用停止。
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (KEIHIN–TŌHOKU LINE)
3
Down
横浜 · 関内
4
Up
東京 · 大宮
↕ Platforms 3, 4 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Nambu Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Tōkaidō Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (NAMBU LINE)
5・6
Down
登戸 · 立川
↕ Platforms 5, 6 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Tōkaidō Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
PLATFORM LAYOUT (TŌKAIDŌ LINE)
1
Down
横浜 · 熱海
2
Up
東京 · 上野 · 大宮
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
Transfers from this platform
→
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
→
Nambu Line
JR-East
2 min
Easy
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Kawasaki Station is served by Keihin–Tōhoku Line, Nambu Line, Tōkaidō Line.