渋川駅

Shibukawa Station

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1921 6月22日

The construction of the Ministry of Railways line Joetsu Nan line (later the Joetsu line) between Maebashi and Shibukawa was completed.

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鉄道省上越南線（のちの上越線）新前橋 - 渋川間の工事が竣工。一般駅。

1921 7月1日

The station opened simultaneously with the opening of the Japanese National Railways Jōetsu Nan Line (now the Jōetsu Line) between Shin-Maebashi and Shibukawa, and is a general station.

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国鉄上越南線（のちの上越線）新前橋 - 渋川間の開通と同時に開業。一般駅。

1924 3月31日

The Jōetsu Line was extended to Numata Station.

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上越南線が沼田駅まで開通。

1945 1月2日

The Agatsuma Line (later the Joshin Line), then known as the Naganohara Line, opened to Naganohara Station and commenced freight operations.

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長野原線（のちの吾妻線）が長野原駅まで開業し、貨物営業を開始。

1945 8月5日

The Naganohara Line began passenger operations.

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長野原線が旅客営業を開始。

1967 6月10日

The Nagano Line was electrified.

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長野原線が電化。

1971 3月7日

The Naganohara to Omama section opened and commenced operations as the Agatsuma Line.

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長野原 - 大前間が開業し、吾妻線として営業を開始。

1981 6月3日

The Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun visited the prefecture in conjunction with the 40th National Sports Festival, with an imperial train running from Harajuku Station to Shibukawa 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。原宿駅発、渋川駅着のお召し列車が運行。

1984 2月1日

The handling of carload freight was abolished.

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車扱貨物の取り扱いを廃止。

1985 3月14日

The handling of freight was abolished.

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荷物の扱いを廃止。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of JR East and JR Freight.

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国鉄分割民営化により、JR東日本・JR貨物の駅となる。

1990 3月10日

Container freight handling began.

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コンテナ貨物の取り扱いを開始。

2004 10月16日

The expansion of the Tokyo suburban area makes it possible to use the IC card "Suica" (only for the Takasaki direction).

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東京近郊区間の拡大により、ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる（高崎方面のみ）。

2005 8月

The transportation of industrial salt and oil was ended.

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工業塩・石油の輸送を終了。

2006 3月18日

Freight train operations were abolished.

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貨物列車の設定を廃止。

2009 3月14日

The expansion of the Tokyo metropolitan area allows the use of the IC card "Suica" to be available up to Mizukami Station.

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東京近郊区間の拡大により、水上駅までICカード「Suica」の利用が可能になる。

2014 3月31日

The Midori no Madoguchi closed.

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びゅうプラザが閉店。

2014 10月1日

The expansion of the Tokyo suburban area made it possible to use the IC card "Suica" on the Agatsuma Line.

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東京近郊区間の拡大により、吾妻線でICカード「Suica」の利用が可能になる。

2023 10月31日

The Midori no Madoguchi service ended operations.

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みどりの窓口の営業を終了。

2023 11月1日

Introduced ticket vending machines with voice guidance.

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話せる指定席券売機を導入。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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