History
Wakaba Station opened on 2 April 1979 to serve the new Wakabadai housing estate built by the Japan Housing Corporation on the border between Sakado and Tsurugashima cities. The original east exit was supplemented by a west exit and forecourt on 14 March 2004. Following the 16 March 2013 timetable revision, Wakaba became a Rapid-service stop, and on 18 March 2023 it was upgraded to a Rapid Express stop after the Rapid category was abolished; the same revision opened through-running via the Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line and Sōtetsu lines to Shin-Yokohama and Shōnandai. Station numbering was added on 17 March 2012, designating Wakaba as TJ 25.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Wakaba was originally going to be named "Wakabadai", after the housing estate it was built to serve, but the planners dropped the suffix when they realised Keiō already had a Wakabadai station on its Sagamihara Line.