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Maebashi Station
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1884
8月20日
Nippon Railway's Maebashi Station opened in Naitōbun Village, Nishigunma District, now Ichōme, Ishikura-chō.
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日本鉄道の前橋駅が西群馬郡内藤分村（現在の石倉町一丁目）に開業。
1889
11月20日
Ryomo Railway's Maebashi Station opened in Omotachida, Kamikawata Village, Tominagun District, which later became Omotachida Town and is now currently Omachi 2-chome.
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両毛鉄道の前橋駅が東群馬郡上川淵村大字前代田（後の前代田町、現在の表町二丁目）に開業。
1889
12月26日
The station of Nippon Railway was abolished due to the extension of Nippon Railway to Maebashi Station of Ryomo Railway.
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日本鉄道が両毛鉄道の前橋駅まで延伸したことに伴い、日本鉄道の駅を廃止。
1897
1月1日
The Ryōmō Railway was transferred to Nippon Railway.
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両毛鉄道が日本鉄道に譲渡。
1902
The third station building was opened for use.
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3代目駅舎供用開始。
1906
11月1日
It was nationalized through acquisition and transferred to the government railway.
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買収により国有化。官設鉄道に移管。
1909
10月12日
The station became part of the Ryōmō Line due to the designation of the line name.
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線路名称設定により、両毛線の駅となる。
1927
The fourth-generation station building was opened for use.
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4代目駅舎供用開始。
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。
1957
12月1日
The section between this station and Shin-Maebashi was electrified with direct current.
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当駅 - 新前橋間が直流電化。
1968
9月1日
The section between Oyama and the present station was electrified with direct current.
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小山 - 当駅間が直流電化。
1970
10月10日
The Midori-no-Madoguchi service began operations.
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みどりの窓口営業開始。
1973
4月1日
A Travel Center was established.
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旅行センターを開設。
1981
10月21日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1983
10月16日
The Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun visited the prefecture in conjunction with the 40th National Sports Festival, with an imperial train running from Maebashi Station to Harajuku Station.
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昭和天皇、香淳皇后が第40回国民体育大会に合わせて県内を行幸啓。前橋駅発、原宿駅着でお召し列車が運行。
1985
3月14日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1986
10月6日
The completion of the elevated construction work resulted in the station becoming an elevated station, with its fifth-generation station building.
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高架化工事完成により、高架駅となる（5代目駅舎）。
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。
1995
12月19日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.
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自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。
2001
11月18日
The use of the IC card "Suica" becomes possible.
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ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる
2011
7月1日
The public transportation area in the north plaza was completed, and the bus and taxi stops were relocated.
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北口広場の公共交通エリアの整備が完了し、路線バスおよびタクシー乗り場が変更される。
2012
4月
The overall development of the north exit plaza was completed.
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北口広場全体の整備が完了。
2014
4月19日
The departure melody was changed to the children's song "Tulip", composed by Takeshi Inoue from Maebashi City.
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発車メロディを、前橋市出身の井上武士が作曲した童謡『チューリップ』に変更。
2017
1月26日
As seismic retrofitting work progressed, the Midori-no-Madoguchi and View Plaza were integrated and reopened in a renovated form near the former View Plaza location, and automatic ticket vending machines were also relocated to different areas, while the tourist information office and souvenir shop were expanded and reopened.
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耐震化工事の進捗に伴い、みどりの窓口とびゅうプラザが統合され、かつてのびゅうプラザ付近にリニューアルオープンした。また、自動券売機類も以前とは異なる場所に移動し、観光案内所兼物産館は拡張しリニューアルオープンした。
2020
3月30日
Byū Plaza ended its operations.
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びゅうプラザの営業を終了。
2021
3月13日
With the timetable revision, the operation of limited express and commuter rapid services to the Takasaki Line ended, with commuter rapid services being integrated into the Rapid Urban.
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ダイヤ改正により、高崎線方面の特急・通勤快速の乗り入れが終了（通勤快速は快速アーバンに統合）。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Maebashi Station is served by Ryōmō Line.