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Koga Station
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1885
At that time, the bridging of the Tone River was not yet completed, and a railway ferry operated on this section, with the temporary Nakata stop established on the current banks of the Tone River between Kurahashi Station and this station, and was used until the Tone River Bridge opened.
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当時利根川の架橋は完了しておらず、この区間には鉄道連絡船が運行され、栗橋駅 - 当駅間の現在の利根川畔には中田仮停車場が設けられて利根川橋梁の開通まで運用された。
1885
The current Jōban Line and Mito Line routes had not yet opened, and this station was the first railway station to be established in Ibaraki Prefecture.
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現在の常磐線・水戸線にあたる路線はまだ開通しておらず、当駅は茨城県内で最初に設置された鉄道駅である。
1885
7月16日
It was established at the same time as the opening of the section between Ōmiya Station and Utsunomiya Station on Nippon Railway, now the Tōhoku Main Line.
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日本鉄道（現・東北本線）大宮駅 - 宇都宮駅間の開業と同時に開設。
1906
11月1日
Nippon Railway was nationalized under the Railway Nationalization Act.
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日本鉄道が鉄道国有法により国有化。
1909
10月12日
The line came under the Tōhoku Main Line with the designation of line names.
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線路名称制定により東北本線の所属となる。
1936
4月8日
The station building was rebuilt.
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駅舎改築。
1953
1月22日
The east exit of the station opened.
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駅東口開業。
1981
4月14日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1983
3月28日
The up line was elevated.
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上り線高架化。
1984
3月19日
The down line was elevated.
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下り線高架化。
1984
3月24日
The new station building under the elevated structure began operation.
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高架下の新駅舎使用開始。
1984
4月12日
The elevated railway completion ceremony was held.
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高架化完成竣工式。
1985
3月14日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1987
3月28日
The station building "VAL-Koga" opened.
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駅ビル「VAL-Koga」開業。
1987
4月1日
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。
1995
3月1日
The introduction of automatic ticket gates.
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自動改札機導入
2001
11月18日
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。
2007
3月
An elevator was installed.
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エレベーター設置。
2023
10月26日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
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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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1・2
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小山 · 宇都宮 · 黒磯
3・4
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大宮 · 東京 · 新宿
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What train lines connect at Koga Station?
Koga Station is served by Utsunomiya Line.