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1883
7月28日
The station opened as a terminal station on the Nippon Railway's first-phase line between Ueno Station and Kumagaya Station, now the Takasaki Line, and is one of the oldest stations on the Takasaki Line, along with Urawa Station, Kawaguchi Station, and Konosu Station.
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上野駅 - 熊谷駅間の日本鉄道第1期線（現在の高崎線）の駅（当時終着駅）として開業。当駅は高崎線内で浦和駅・上尾駅・鴻巣駅と並んで最も古い駅の一つとなっている。
1883
10月21日
The Nippon Railway's first-phase line was extended from this station to Honjō, and would later be extended to Maebashi.
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日本鉄道第1期線が当駅から本庄まで延伸（以降前橋まで延伸される）。
1901
10月7日
The Jōbu Railway (at the time) opened.
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上武鉄道（当時）開業。
1906
11月1日
The nationalization of Nippon Railway.
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日本鉄道国有化。
1909
10月12日
With the division and naming of the railway line between Ueno Station and Maebashi Station, the station became part of the Takasaki Line between Omiya Station and Takasaki Station.
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上野駅 - 前橋駅間の鉄道路線が、分割・名称設定により、当駅は大宮駅 - 高崎駅間の高崎線の駅となる。
1916
2月25日
Jōbu Railway changed its company name to Chichibu Railway.
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上武鉄道が社名を秩父鉄道に変更。
1922
8月1日
The Gyoda and present station interval constructed by the Kitabutō Railway was extended and opened, and the Kitabutō Railway merged with the Chichibu Railway.
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北武鉄道が建設した行田・当駅間が延伸開業。北武鉄道が秩父鉄道に合併される。
1943
12月5日
The Tobu Railway Kumagaya Line opened, sharing a platform with Chichibu Railway.
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東武鉄道熊谷線開通（秩父鉄道ホームを間借り）。
1945
8月15日
The Kumagaya air raid resulted in the loss of the freight and operating office, meeting hall, and official residences, but major buildings and the tracks were spared from damage.
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熊谷空襲により貨物・運転事務室、集会所、官舎などが焼失したが、主要な建物や線路への被害は免れた。
1946
3月28日
The Emperor Showa's visit to Saitama Prefecture (Emperor Showa's post-war imperial tour) took place, with an imperial train operating between Harajuku Station and Kumagaya Station.
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昭和天皇の埼玉県行幸（昭和天皇の戦後巡幸）。原宿駅 - 熊谷駅間でお召し列車が運行。
1963
1月17日
The station was relocated to a temporary station building due to the reconstruction of the station building.
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駅舎建て替えのため仮駅舎に移転。
1963
12月15日
The station building was rebuilt as a reinforced concrete structure with some two-story sections.
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鉄筋コンクリート造一部二階建ての駅舎に改築。
1973
5月1日
Chichibu Railway improved its platforms and began direct operations between the Hanyu direction and the Mitsumineguchi direction.
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秩父鉄道ホーム改良、羽生方面と三峰口方面の直通運転開始。
1979
10月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1982
11月15日
The Jōetsu Shinkansen opened, and at the same time, the station buildings and ticket gates of Japanese National Railways and Chichibu Railway were separated.
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上越新幹線が開業、同時に国鉄と秩父鉄道の駅舎・改札を分離。
1983
6月1日
The Tōbu Kumagaya Line was abolished.
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東武熊谷線廃止。
1983
11月12日
A south entrance was established, whereas previously only the main entrance, also known as the north entrance, existed.
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南口設置。それまでは、正面口（北口）のみだった。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, the station became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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国鉄分割民営化に伴い、国鉄の駅は東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）の駅となる。
1987
4月24日
Eki-Biru Azu opened.
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駅ビル・アズ開業。
1987
12月15日
The front entrance plaza (rotary) was established.
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正面口広場（ロータリー）設置。
1992
3月25日
The Station Travel Center was renovated and became the View Plaza.
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駅旅行センターが改装され、びゅうプラザとなる。
1995
3月10日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at JR conventional line ticket gates.
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JR在来線改札口に自動改札機設置。
1999
1月20日
Automatic ticket gates were installed at the JR Shinkansen ticket gates.
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JR新幹線改札口に自動改札機を設置。
2001
11月18日
IC card "Suica" becomes available for use on JR East.
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JR東日本でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2001
12月1日
The JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line train service began, with a departure ceremony held at this station.
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JR「湘南新宿ライン」列車運転開始。当駅で出発式が挙行された。
2003
10月12日
The Shinkansen became available for use with Suica FREX commuter passes and Suica FREX Pal commuter passes.
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新幹線でSuica FREX定期券およびSuica FREXパル定期券の利用が可能となる
2004
11月20日
The commercial building Tiara21, directly connected to the station, opened, and the east exit (Tiara exit) was also established.
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駅に直結する商業ビルTiara21開業、東口（ティアラ口）を併設。
2013
7月28日
The 130th anniversary of the opening is being commemorated with a memorial event.
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開業130周年を迎え、記念イベントが開催される。
2018
4月1日
The Touch de Go! New Shinkansen service was launched.
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タッチでGo!新幹線のサービスを開始。
2019
12月28日
In 2019, View Plaza ended operations.
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（令和元年）：びゅうプラザが営業を終了。
2020
3月14日
The Shinkansen e-ticket service began.
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新幹線eチケットサービス開始。
2022
3月12日
The use of the IC card "PASMO" became possible on the Chichibu Railway, and automatic ticket gates (IC-only) were also introduced at the ticket gates on the same line.
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秩父鉄道でICカード「PASMO」の利用が可能となる。あわせて同線改札口に自動改札機（IC専用）を導入。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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