History
Kassemba Station opened on 1 April 1929 when the Tobu Nikko Line was extended from Sugito (now Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen) to Shin-Kanuma. During the Pacific War the line between Kassemba and Tōbu-Nikkō was singled in January 1943 to free up rails for the war effort; the section was redoubled on 20 July 1973, restoring double track to the whole Nikkō Line. The station became unattended on 1 September 1973, and platforms were lengthened from four-car to six-car capacity in March 2006. A new station building entered service in May 2007, replacing the original wooden structure dating from 1929.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station name commemorates the Kawarada Battle of 1523, in which armies under Utsunomiya Tadatsuna and Minagawa Munenari clashed nearby.