長野原草津口駅
Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station
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1945
1月2日
The station opened as a freight station when the Nagano Line, Shibukawa - this station section, was inaugurated, with the Nippon Steel Tube Gunma Teisan dedicated line, this station - Taishi section, also opening simultaneously, and the station was originally named Naganoharai Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
長野原線・渋川 - 当駅間開業の際に貨物駅として開設（日本鋼管群馬鉄山専用線・当駅 - 太子間も同時開業）。当時の駅名は長野原駅（ながのはらえき）。
1946
4月20日
Passenger operations began and the station was changed from a freight station to a general station.
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旅客営業を開始。貨物駅から一般駅に変更。
1952
10月1日
The Nippon Steel private railway was transferred and a freight branch line from the station to Taishi opened.
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日本鋼管専用線を移管し、当駅 - 太子間の貨物支線が開業。
1954
6月21日
Passenger operations began between the current station and Taishi.
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当駅 - 太子間の旅客営業を開始。
1967
6月10日
The section between Shibukawa and the current station was electrified.
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渋川 - 当駅間を電化。
1970
11月1日
Service was suspended between this station and Taishi.
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当駅 - 太子間が休止。
1971
3月7日
The section between the current station and Omae was extended and opened, and the line name was simultaneously changed to the Agatsuma Line, with freight handling being abolished.
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当駅 - 大前間が延伸開業。同時に線名を吾妻線に改称。貨物取扱廃止。
1971
3月27日
It was rebuilt as an elevated station building.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
橋上駅舎に改築される。
1971
5月1日
The suspended section between this station and Taishi was abolished.
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休止中の当駅 - 太子間が廃止。
1984
2月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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荷物扱い廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of JNR, it became a JR East station.
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国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本の駅となる。
1991
12月1日
The station was renamed Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station.
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長野原草津口駅に改称。
2006
3月5日
The green window was abolished and the "Moshimoshi Ticket Vending Machine Kaeru-kun" was installed.
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みどりの窓口を廃止、「もしもし券売機Kaeruくん」を設置。
2011
6月25日
As the first stage of the station reconstruction work, the first platform was made into a terminal platform, the overpass connecting the platform and station building was abolished, and station operations were relocated to the first floor, with ticket gates and other facilities being established at ground level.
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駅構内改築工事の初段階として、1番線を行き止まり方式とし、ホームと駅舎を結ぶ跨線橋を廃止。駅業務を1階に移設し、改札口などを地平に設ける。
2012
2月13日
The Moshi Moshi Ticket Vending Machine Kaeru-kun service has ended operations.
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「もしもし券売機Kaeruくん」営業終了。
2013
7月27日
A completion ceremony for the new station building was held, with the opening scheduled for July 9.
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新駅舎完成式典を挙行（落成は7月9日）。
2013
8月1日
The new station building was opened for service.
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新駅舎の供用開始。
2014
10月1日
It was incorporated into the Tokyo suburban area and the IC card "Suica" became available for use.
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東京近郊区間に編入され、ICカード「Suica」が利用可能となる。
2015
8月2日
Naganohara-Kusatsu-Kokuji Station opened on the west side of the station plaza, with a restaurant and souvenir shop starting operations.
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駅前広場の西側に、「長野原・草津・六合ステーション」が開業。食堂と土産物店が営業開始。
2016
3月26日
The regular operation of the limited express "Kusatsu" (currently Kusatsu and Shima) was changed from departing from and arriving at Manza-Kazawaguchi Station to departing from and arriving at this station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
特急「草津」（現在の草津・四万）の定期運行が万座・鹿沢口駅発着から当駅発着となる。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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