History
Sagamiko Station opened on 1 August 1901 as Yose Station, handling both passengers and freight on the Japanese Government Railways Chūō Line, in present-day Midori-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa. The Government Railways became Japanese National Railways after World War II, and the station was renamed Sagamiko on 10 April 1956 to reflect the recently created reservoir of the same name. Scheduled freight service ended in 1971. Operation passed to East Japan Railway Company (JR East) at the 1 April 1987 privatisation, and Suica automated turnstiles entered service on 18 November 2001. The staffed station has an island platform and a side platform across three tracks, with the middle track used only for through traffic.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station retained its original name Yose for 55 years and only became Sagamiko in 1956, after Lake Sagami — created by the 1947 completion of the Sagamiko dam — had established itself as the region’s main attraction.