History
Sakkuru Station opened on 5 November 1912 with the extension of the Imperial Railway Agency's Sōya Line between Onneppu and Otoineppu, in what is now the village of Otoineppu in northern Hokkaido. Originally a general station handling passengers and freight, it lost its freight and parcel duties in the early 1980s and became unstaffed in 1984; CTC signalling in 1986 ended the last on-site staffing. JR Hokkaido inherited the station on 1 April 1987 at privatisation, and a converted freight-car body served as the building until a small waiting shelter replaced it in the early 1990s. JR Hokkaido transferred maintenance to Otoineppu Village from fiscal 2021.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station name comes from the Ainu word 'sak-ru' (summer road), referring to the seasonal pass route once used to reach the Sea of Okhotsk coast at Sakkuru Pass.