Keikyu-kamata Station
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History, melodies, surroundingsIt opened as Kamata Station (at the time, Japanese National Railways and Tokyu's Kamata Station had not yet opened).
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蒲田駅として開業。（開業時、国鉄・東急の蒲田駅は未開業）
The station was renamed Keihin-Kamata Station.
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京浜蒲田駅に改称。
Student demonstrations against Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's visit to the US turned violent, with a molotov cocktail being thrown into the station building (on the same day, similar unrest occurred at a Japanese National Railways station).
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佐藤栄作首相の訪米阻止を訴える学生デモが暴徒化。駅舎に火炎瓶が投げ込まれる（同日、国鉄駅でも同様の騒動）。
It was renamed Keikyū Kamata Station.
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京急蒲田駅に改称。
With the opening of Haneda Station on the Airport Line (now Tenkūbashi Station), the platform for Track 1 was changed to allow access from both directions.
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空港線羽田駅（現：天空橋駅）開業に伴い、1番線ホームを両方向乗り入れに変更。
The effective length of the main line platform was extended to accommodate 12-car trains, and at the same time, weekday morning commuter rapid express trains and evening downhill rapid express temporary stops began.
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本線用ホーム有効長を12両編成分に延長。同時に平日朝の通勤快特停車および夕方の下り快特臨時停車を開始。
The Airport Limited Express and Airport Express services began operating with the extension opening of Haneda Airport Station (now Haneda Airport Terminal 1 and 2 Station), and it also became a stop for the Rapid service.
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空港線羽田空港駅（現：羽田空港第1・第2ターミナル駅）延伸開業に伴い、エアポート快特・エアポート特急の運行開始。同時に快特停車駅となる。
Direct train service from the Yokohama area to Haneda Airport began, initially using a switchback via a crossover near Umayabashi, and the Airport Limited Express was abolished and merged with the Airport Rapid, and express service between this station and Shin-Zushi Station, now Zushi-Hayama Station, was also abolished.
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横浜方面からの羽田空港直通列車を運転開始。開始当初は梅屋敷寄りの渡り線を経由してスイッチバックを行っていた。同時にエアポート特急が廃止され、エアポート快特に統合される。当駅 - 新逗子駅（現：逗子・葉山駅）の急行も廃止される。
Work began on elevating the tracks and rebuilding the station building, and several months later the east exit was relocated to a temporary station building on the bridge.
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高架化、駅舎建て替え工事に着手。その数か月後には東口を仮橋上駅舎へ移設。
A connecting line linking the Airport Line track and the down main line track opened, and direct train service from the Yokohama area to Haneda Airport began in earnest.
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空港線線路と本線下り線路を結ぶ連絡線が開通し、横浜方面からの羽田空港直通列車の運転を本格的に開始する。
The platform for the Airport Line on Track 1 was relocated to a temporary line.
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空港線用の1番線ホームを仮線に移設。
The platform for the main line on track 2 was relocated to a temporary line.
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本線用の2番線ホームを仮線に移設。
The main line's third platform was relocated to a temporary line, and at the same time, the overpass and the east ticket gate of the temporary bridge upper station, which would interfere with the elevated construction work, were relocated underground.
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本線用の3番線ホームを仮線に移設。同時に高架化工事の支障となる跨線橋と仮橋上駅舎の東口改札を地下へ移設。
The west gate ticket gate was relocated to the north side.
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西口改札を北側に移設。
The up line near the station was provisionally elevated, which reduced the blocking time of the intersection with the Inner Circular Route 8 by about 40%.
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当駅付近の上り線を仮高架化、これに伴い環状8号線の踏切の遮断時間が4割ほど短くなる。
An approaching melody was introduced, with "Yume de Aetara" being adopted, details of which are described later.
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接近メロディを導入。「夢で逢えたら」が採用される。詳細は後述。
The down track near the station was provisionally elevated, and the crossing with the Ring Road No. 8 was abolished as a result.
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当駅付近の下り線を仮高架化、これに伴い環状8号線の踏切が廃止される。
The Airport Line was operated via the elevated line only during the year-end and New Year holidays to eliminate interference with the Hakone Ekiden.
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年末年始のみ空港線を高架線経由で運行し、箱根駅伝との交差支障を解消。
The up line was elevated and the elevated up line platform was put into service, while a timetable revision was implemented, removing the station from the Airport Limited Express stops and adding it to the Airport Express stops, resulting in express service on the section between the station and Shinzushi Station for the first time in about 11 years.
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上り線を高架化、上り線高架ホームを使用開始。同時にダイヤ改正が実施され、エアポート快特の停車駅から除外され、エアポート急行の停車駅となる。当駅 - 新逗子駅では約11年ぶりの急行運行となる。
The down line was elevated, the down line elevated platform was put into service, and the elevation of the entire business section was completed.
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下り線を高架化、下り線高架ホームを使用開始、全事業区間の高架化が完成する。
A station plaza and pedestrian deck were developed at the west exit of the station, and at the same time, the commercial facility Wing Kitchen Keikyū Kamata opened under the elevated station.
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駅西口に駅前広場とペデストリアンデッキを整備。同時に駅高架下に商業施設ウィングキッチン京急蒲田がオープン。
A collaboration between Fist of the North Star and Keihin Electric Express Railway, the North Star Keikyu Anniversary Campaign, commemorating Keikyu's 120th anniversary, resulted in station name signs being decorated as Keikyu Kaomatatata Station until September 17, and a commemorative ticket, the Fist of the North Star Ticket, was released on September 1.
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北斗の拳と京浜急行電鉄とのコラボレーション、京急の120周年を記念した『北斗京急周年キャンペーン』により、同年9月17日までの期間限定で駅名看板が京急かぁまたたたたーっ駅に装飾され、記念乗車券である「北斗の券」が9月1日に発売される。
The use of platform doors on platforms 1 and 4 began.
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1・4番線のホームドアの使用を開始。
The platform doors for tracks 3 and 6 were put into use.
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3・6番線のホームドアの使用を開始。
With the timetable revision, the Airport Express was renamed Express, and express services were reinstated between Shinagawa - this station - and Zushi/Yokosuka, for the first time in 24 years since 1999.
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ダイヤ改正により、エアポート急行が急行に改称され、品川 - 当駅 - 逗子・葉山間の急行が1999年以来24年ぶりに設定される。
A campaign to decorate the station name sign as Keikyū Tako-Hai Station from the same day to June 16 of the same year, in collaboration with Suntory's product "Kodawari Sakaba no Tako-Hai", was scaled down due to protests from the National Association of Citizens and the Housewives Association, but the event to provide the 2nd platform as a bar was held as scheduled on May 18 and 19 and June 8 and 9.
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サントリーの商品である「こだわり酒場のタコハイ」とのコラボレーションにより、同日から同年6月16日まで駅名看板を京急蒲タコハイ駅に装飾するキャンペーンを行っていたが、アルコール薬物問題全国市民協会並びに主婦連合会による「公共性が高い駅にはふさわしくない」という抗議を受けて、5月29日までに看板装飾の撤去などイベントが縮小される事態となった。なお、2番線ホームを酒場として提供するイベントに関しては、当初の予定通り、5月18日と19日並びに6月8日と9日に実施された。
With the timetable revision, it became a stop for the "Evening Wing" train, limited to boarding only.
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ダイヤ改正により「イブニング・ウィング号」の停車駅となる（乗車専用）。
The Kamata Terminal facility, which was previously shared by the Kawasaki Telecommunications District and the Kawasaki Electrical District, is scheduled to be reorganized to be under the sole jurisdiction of the Kawasaki Telecommunications District.
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これまで川崎通信区および川崎電力区共用であった施設部蒲田詰所が組織改編によって川崎通信区のみの配置となる予定。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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