Nishinomiya
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1874
5月11日
The station opened as Nishi-Nomiya Station simultaneously with the opening of the government railway's Osaka Station - Kobe Station section, and began handling passengers and freight.
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官設鉄道の大阪駅 - 神戸駅間の開通と同時に西ノ宮駅として開業。旅客・貨物の取り扱いを開始。
1895
4月1日
The line name was established and it became part of the Tōkaidō Line, later known as the Tōkaidō Main Line from 1909.
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線路名称制定。東海道線（1909年より東海道本線）の所属となる。
1924
4月
The station building was rebuilt as a wooden flat-roofed structure, located west of the previous station building.
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駅舎改築（木造平家建）。それ以前の駅舎の西方にあたる。
1944
11月15日
The freight line on the Hankyu Mukogawa Line between the current station and Shimaichi Station opened, with the section between Nishinomiya Station and Koshien Station being a parallel section between the government railway and Hankyu.
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阪神武庫川線の当駅 - 洲先駅間の貨物線が開業（西ノ宮駅 - 甲子園口駅間は官設鉄道と阪神との並行区間）。
1949
3月
The north exit was opened at the request of Nishinomiya City.
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西宮市の請願により北出口開設。
1958
The freight line operation between the current station and Shōsen Station on the Hankyu Mukogawa Line was suspended, later abolished in 1970.
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阪神武庫川線の当駅 - 洲先駅間の貨物線の営業が休止（1970年に廃止）。
1986
There were dedicated lines to the Asahi Beer Nishinomiya factory on the east side of the station and to the Sumitomo Cement service station further east, and cargo transportation was being carried out.
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駅東側にあるアサヒビール西宮工場や、さらにその東にあった住友セメントのサービスステーションへの専用線があり、貨物輸送が行われていた。
1986
11月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a JR West station.
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国鉄分割民営化によりJR西日本の駅となる。
1988
3月13日
The line nickname was established, and the nickname "JR Kobe Line" started being used.
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路線愛称の制定により、「JR神戸線」の愛称を使用開始。
1995
1月17日
The service was suspended due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
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阪神・淡路大震災により、営業休止。
1995
1月25日
Service resumed with the restoration of the Kōshien-Station - Ashiya Station section.
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甲子園口駅 - 芦屋駅間の復旧により、営業再開。
1997
3月8日
The JR Kobe Line introduced the standard arrival melody "Sazanami".
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JR神戸線標準接近メロディ「さざなみ」導入。
1998
2月28日
The station building was rebuilt into the current one, with the installation of elevators and escalators, and the introduction of automatic ticket gates and electronic signage.
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現在の駅舎に改築（3代目）。エレベーター、エスカレーター設置。自動改札機、電光掲示板導入。
1998
3月14日
The rapid service on the outer loop line was changed to all-stations service.
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外側線の快速を全列車停車にする。
2002
3月23日
Rapid services on the inner track begin stopping at the station on weekday mornings and evenings.
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内側線の平日朝晩の快速が停車するようになる。
2002
7月29日
The JR Kyoto and Kobe Line introduced an operating management system.
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JR京都・神戸線運行管理システム導入。
2003
11月1日
The IC card "ICOCA" becomes available for use.
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ICカード「ICOCA」の利用が可能となる。
2003
12月1日
Rapid services stop at all stations throughout the day.
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快速が終日全列車停車となる。
2007
3月18日
It was renamed Nishinomiya Station.
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西宮駅に改称。
2015
3月12日
The train arrival melody was changed back to a revised version of the standard JR Kobe Line melody "Sazanami" due to a review of the train entry warning sound.
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入線警告音の見直しに伴い、接近メロディをJR神戸線標準接近メロディ「さざなみ」の音質見直し版に再び変更する。
2018
3月17日
Station numbering was introduced and its use began.
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駅ナンバリングが導入され、使用を開始する。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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