History
Hatsuishi Station opened on 9 May 1911 as a stop on the Chiba Prefecture Light Railway, set up in what was then Yagi village in Higashi-Katsushika County. The line was transferred to the privately operated Hokusō Railway on 1 August 1923, which was renamed Sōbu Railway on 22 November 1929. Under wartime reorganisation, Tobu Railway absorbed the Sōbu Railway on 1 March 1944, making the station part of today's Tobu Urban Park Line. A multi-function toilet with ostomate facilities was added on 7 March 2005, departure melodies began on 10 October 2008, and lift access was completed in January 2009. On 21 December 2025 a new overhead station building and free passageway came into service.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station name traces to "Hatsuishi-shinden", a phrase for Edo-period newly opened farmland in the area; only the "new field" suffix was dropped to create the present name.