History
Sasakino Station opened on 15 August 1919 on the Ōu Main Line, 3.8 km from Fukushima. Parcel and goods handling were abolished in February 1984 and March 1985 respectively, and the station was unstaffed from November 1986 onwards. With the dissolution of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR East. The line through Sasakino was re-gauged from narrow to standard gauge between 1988 and 1992 as part of the Yamagata Shinkansen scheme, and the section is now branded the Yamagata Line. Yamagata Shinkansen services share the tracks but do not stop here, and a simple ticket-issuing machine has replaced the vending machine that was removed in July 2019.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
The original wooden station building was demolished and replaced by a simple shelter; the line through Sasakino is shared with passing Yamagata Shinkansen trains, but they do not stop here.