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15 Events
1902
Prior to this, Togami Station existed to the west of the current station location, but it was abolished when Tsuruta Station opened, or alternatively, it was relocated and renamed to Tsuruta Station.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
これ以前に現在の駅位置より西よりに砥上駅（とがみえき）が存在したが、鶴田駅開業時に廃止（鶴田駅として移転・改称とも）されている。
1902
9月13日
It opened as a station on Nippon Railway, with only passenger operations.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本鉄道の駅として開業。旅客営業のみ。
1903
3月16日
Freight handling began.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
貨物の取扱いを開始。
1906
11月1日
Nippon Railway was nationalized and transferred to the Ministry of Railways.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
日本鉄道国有化、鉄道省に移管。
1970
3月15日
The handling of passenger luggage and small freight was abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
旅客手荷物・小荷物の取扱いを廃止。
1974
10月1日
The handling of small freight was resumed.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
小荷物の取扱いを再開。
1976
5月1日
The handling of small freight was abolished.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
小荷物の取扱いを廃止。
1984
2月1日
The station ended its freight operations, discontinuing the handling of carload freight.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
車扱貨物の取扱いを廃止し、貨物営業終了。
1987
3月31日
The handling of carload freight was resumed, limited to railway vehicles.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
車扱貨物の取扱いを、鉄道車両に限り再開。
1987
4月1日
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Machine translation — show Japanese original
国鉄分割民営化により、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）・日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の駅となる。
2003
4月1日
The JR Freight station was abolished and freight operations ended.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
JR貨物の駅が廃止され、貨物営業終了。
2008
1月31日
Reserved seat ticket vending machines began operation.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
指定席券売機稼動開始。
2008
2月29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。
2008
3月15日
The Tokyo metropolitan area expansion made it possible to use the IC card "Suica".
Machine translation — show Japanese original
東京近郊区間拡大により、ICカード「Suica」の利用が可能となる。
2014
3月14日
The new station building was opened for service.
Machine translation — show Japanese original
新駅舎の供用を開始。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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