History
Satsu Station opened on 25 October 1911 when the Railway Agency's Bantan Line was extended from Kinosaki (today Kinosaki-Onsen) to Kasumi, in what is now the town of Kami, Mikata District, Hyōgo Prefecture. The route was renamed in March 1912 when the section through Satsu was incorporated into the San'in Main Line. Freight handling ended on 1 October 1971, and the station was destaffed on 1 October 1984. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 it came under JR West, and from 1 October 2022 the station has been administered by JR West's Kinki General Headquarters' Fukuchiyama Management Division.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
Satsu is the northernmost station in Hyōgo Prefecture and the northernmost in JR West's Kinki Region General Headquarters' jurisdiction, a distinction earned by its position right at the prefecture's coastal tip.