History
Kasagi Station opened on 11 November 1897 as a Kansai Railway stop on the new Ueno (now Iga-Ueno) - Kamo segment, originally as a general (passenger and freight) station. The line was nationalised on 1 October 1907 and reclassified as part of the Kansai Main Line in 1909. The current station building dates from a 29 March 1955 rebuild, with parcel handling ending in October 1962. JR West took over on 1 April 1987 with the JNR breakup. A major 2017 renovation rebuilt the station forecourt with a rotary, and opened a community café and nail salon inside the building that November. ICOCA fare acceptance began on 13 March 2021.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The platform's stone foundations, footbridge, station building, and waiting room all retain the original Kansai Railway-era construction; the platform is built long enough to take eight-car trains despite only short local services calling.