西川口
Nishi-Kawaguchi Station
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9 Events
1954
9月1日
The station opened as a Japanese National Railways (JNR) station and was the first bridge-style station building for JNR, with the construction costs borne by Kawaguchi City, Warabi Town, and Toda Town.
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日本国有鉄道（国鉄）の駅として開業。橋上駅舎としては国鉄最初である。また設置にあたる費用は川口市,蕨町,戸田町で負担した。
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。
1992
6月29日
Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into use.
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自動改札機を設置し、使用を開始する。
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。
2006
11月12日
An accident occurred in which a crane car, approximately 16m long, that was undergoing improvement work on the east entrance side station building, toppled over, injuring the crane car operator.
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未明、東口側駅舎改良工事をしていた全長約16mのクレーン車が転倒してクレーン車の運転手が負傷する事故発生。
2007
5月18日
The station building "Beans Nishikawaguchi" on the east side was completed.
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東口側に駅ビル「ビーンズ西川口」が完成。
2017
6月1日
Operations were outsourced.
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業務委託化。
2019
7月20日
In 2019, the use of platform doors was started.
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（令和元年）：ホームドアの使用を開始。
2021
1月8日
The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
みどりの窓口の営業を終了。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Departure Melodies
元気川口・御成道サンバ
mellow Time
No longer played
川口市民歌
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Platform Layout & Transfers
PLATFORM LAYOUT (KEIHIN–TŌHOKU LINE)
1
Down
上野 · 東京 · 横浜
2
Up
浦和 · 大宮
↕ Platforms 1, 2 serve this line
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What train lines connect at Nishi-Kawaguchi Station?
Nishi-Kawaguchi Station is served by Keihin–Tōhoku Line.