Kawase
Kawase Station
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12 Events
1896
5月1日
A new station opened on the government railway Tōkaidō Line (later Tōkaidō Main Line) between Hikone Station and Nōmi Station and began handling passengers and freight.
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官設鉄道東海道線（1909年より東海道本線）の彦根駅 - 能登川駅間に新設開業。旅客・貨物の取り扱いを開始。
1972
3月15日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いが廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
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国鉄分割民営化により、西日本旅客鉄道（JR西日本）の駅となる。
1988
3月13日
The line nickname "Biwako Line" started being used due to the establishment of line nicknames.
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路線愛称の制定により、「琵琶湖線」の愛称を使用開始。
1998
3月14日
The second-generation station building began to be used, elevator service started, and automatic ticket gates were introduced.
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2代目駅舎利用開始。エレベーターの使用を開始。自動改札機導入。
2003
11月1日
The IC card "ICOCA" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「ICOCA」の利用が可能となる。
2006
10月1日
The JR Kyoto and Kobe Line introduced an operating management system.
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JR京都・神戸線運行管理システム導入。
2007
3月18日
The automatic station broadcasts were updated.
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駅自動放送を更新。
2015
3月12日
Introduction of approaching melodies accompanied the revision of the entry warning sound.
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入線警告音の見直しに伴い、接近メロディ導入。
2016
4月1日
The station became a commissioned station operated by JR West Japan Transportation Service (now JR West Japan Transportation Service).
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ジェイアール西日本交通サービス（現：JR西日本交通サービス）による業務委託駅となる。
2018
3月17日
Station numbering is introduced.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
駅ナンバリングが導入される。
2022
7月31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。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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