History
Akashina Station opened on 15 June 1902 with the completion of the Shinonoi Line between Nishijō and Matsumoto, handling both passengers and freight from the outset. Imperial trains carrying the Showa Emperor stopped here in 1947 and again in 1964 for the National Tree-Planting Festival. Freight ceased in 1982 and parcels in 1984, and the station passed to JR East at the 1987 JNR privatization. The Midori-no-Madoguchi closed in April 2016 and the station became a commission-operated stop two months later. A new station building entered service in fiscal 2022, and Suica acceptance began on 15 March 2025 when station number SN08 was assigned.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
More than 3,000 crows roost near the station at night, prompting JR East to install experimental traps along the down-bound platform in February 2008.