History
Sakura Shukugawa Station opened on 18 March 2007 between Nishinomiya and Ashiya on West Japan Railway Company's Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line). Unlike most JR additions, it was not a petitioned station: JR West proposed and funded it as an adjunct to the prefectural widening of Route 82, which runs directly beneath the platforms, with national subsidies covering most of the construction cost. The tentative project name was JR Shukugawa; the formal name was announced on 22 November 2006 to evoke the nearby Shukugawa Park, famous for its annual cherry-blossom display. Station numbering JR-A53 was added in March 2018. The Midori-no-Madoguchi closed on 31 January 2026 and was replaced by a Midori-no-Kenbaiki Plus the following day.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
JR West designed the station with a wave-pattern roof representing the Shukugawa River and walls in cherry-blossom pink, and gave it its own dedicated logo mark — unusual for a JR station.