History
Randen-Saga Station opened on 25 March 1910 as Saga-Teishaba-mae Station on the Arashiyama Densha Kidō, the name referencing the nearby Saga railway station (opened 1897). After the 2 April 1918 company merger it became a stop on the Kyoto Dentō Arashiyama Electric Railway. It was renamed Saga-Eki-mae Station on 16 November 1925 and, with the wider line transfer of 2 March 1942, passed to Keifuku Electric Railroad. The current name Randen-Saga was adopted on 19 March 2007.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
JR's Saga Station was itself renamed Saga-Arashiyama in 1994, but the tram stop kept its older form until 2007. Until December 2012 a nearby café acted as the sole non-railway outlet for the Randen one-day pass — the only such consignment arrangement on the network.