History
Sattsuru Station opened on 1929-11-14 as Sakkaku Station, a general station of Japanese Government Railways on what is now the Senmō Main Line. When Kami-Shari Village became Kiyosato Town in 1955, the local district was reorganised as Sattsuru-chō, and the station was renamed Sattsuru on 1956-04-10. A spur to the Sakkaku Veneer plant opened on 1963-01-15. Freight handling ended on 1982-09-10, parcels on 1984-02-01, and the last staff withdrew on 1986-11-01, after which the station was simply commissioned. JR Hokkaido took over at the 1987 privatisation, and the simple commission lapsed on 1992-04-01, leaving the station fully unstaffed. The former through siding, opposite platform, and freight platform have all since been removed.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
The name comes from the Ainu name of the Sakkaku River, sak-ru ('summer road'), the same etymology behind Sakkuru Station on the Sōya Main Line.