桐生
Kiryu Station
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27 Events
1888
11月15日
It opened as a station on the Ryomo Railway.
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両毛鉄道の駅として開業。
1897
1月1日
It was transferred to Nippon Railway.
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日本鉄道に譲渡。
1906
11月1日
The Nippon Railway was nationalized and transferred to the government railway.
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日本鉄道国有化。官設鉄道に移管。
1911
4月15日
The Ashio Railway, now the Watarase Valley Railway, opened.
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足尾鉄道（現在のわたらせ渓谷鐵道）が開業。
1918
6月1日
The nationalization of Ashio Railway resulted in the Ashio Line under the government railway.
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足尾鉄道国有化、足尾線となる。
1928
The second-generation station building was completed.
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二代目駅舎完成。
1934
11月16日
The imperial train carrying Emperor Showa on a tour of the prefecture operated between Maebashi Station and Kiryū Station and between Kiryū Station and Ashikaga Station.
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県内を巡幸する昭和天皇のお召し列車が前橋駅 - 桐生駅、桐生駅 - 足利駅間で運行。
1949
6月1日
It became part of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) with the establishment of the public corporation Japanese National Railways.
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公共企業体日本国有鉄道（国鉄）発足に伴い、その所属となる。
1967
8月
The south entrance was opened.
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南口が開設。
1978
10月2日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物扱い廃止。
1983
10月7日
The elevated platforms for tracks 3 and 4 were completed.
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3・4番線高架化。
1985
3月14日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1985
10月16日
The elevation of tracks 1 and 2 and the completion of the third-generation station building, the current station building.
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1・2番線高架化。三代目駅舎（現駅舎）完成。
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。
1989
3月29日
In 1989, the Ashio Line was transferred to Watarase Valley Railway, and the station became a transfer point between the two companies.
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（平成元年）：足尾線をわたらせ渓谷鐵道に転換し、両社の乗り換え駅になる。
1998
10月
The Midori no Madoguchi was closed.
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びゅうプラザを閉鎖。
2000
9月
Automatic ticket gate operation began.
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自動改札機稼動開始。
2001
11月18日
JR East introduced the IC card Suica.
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JR東日本でICカードSuica供用開始。
2002
3月
Elevators and escalators were installed.
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エレベーター、エスカレーター設置。
2008
2月27日
The platform elevation work was completed.
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ホームのかさ上げ工事が完了。
2009
4月1日
The Kiryū Sightseeing and Local Products Hall "Watarase" opened.
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桐生観光物産館「わたらせ」が開館。
2011
6月15日
The departure melody adopted "Yagibushi".
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発車メロディに「八木節」を採用。
2018
11月
The exterior walls of the north entrance station building were renovated.
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北口駅舎外壁改修。
2021
2月
The design of the post-type station name signs and hanging-type station name signs was changed to a "textile pattern" reminiscent of the Ryomo Line.
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柱設置型駅名標・吊り下げ式駅名標のデザインを両毛線をイメージした「織物柄」に変更。
2021
4月1日
The in-station share shop "Orai" opened and a station piano was installed.
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駅ナカシェアショップ「オーライ」開業。駅ピアノ設置。
2023
10月31日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
2023
11月1日
Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.
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話せる指定席券売機を導入。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Departure Melodies
八木節
桐生市で開催される桐生八木節まつりにちなんでいる。
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PLATFORM LAYOUT (RYŌMŌ LINE)
2
Down
足利 · 栃木 · 小山
3・4
Up
伊勢崎 · 前橋 · 高崎
↕ Platforms 2, 3, 4 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Kiryu Station?
Kiryu Station is served by Ryōmō Line.