History
Sakabe Station opened on 1 April 1931 as a stop on the Chita Railway, then the only express stop in what is now the town of Agui. Chita Railway was absorbed into Meitetsu on 1 February 1943, and the depot was rebuilt on 5 April 1964. The station lost its express stop on 21 July 1983 with the opening of Agui Station as the town's new central station, and a few express services that still called were withdrawn in the 26 March 2011 timetable change. The depot was de-staffed and the centralised station-management system installed on 30 January 2007, with Tranpass following on 14 February. The manaca IC card began on 11 February 2011, and Tranpass ended on 29 February 2012.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.