Sango (Nara)

History

Sangō Station opened on 3 March 1980 as a Japanese National Railways stop on the Kansai Main Line between Ōji and Kawachi-Katashimo, having been built in response to a petition from residents of the town of Sangō. It became a JR West station at the 1 April 1987 JNR privatisation, gained automatic ticket gates in July 1998, and ICOCA fare-card support on 1 November 2003. Station numbering as JR-Q30 was introduced on 17 March 2018 under the Yamatoji Line branding. The platforms were inundated by the Yamato River during Typhoon Lan on 22 October 2017, and the in-station Midori-no-Kembaiki Plus ticket machine was withdrawn on 9 January 2025.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.

Notes

Sangō is the only JR station in Nara Prefecture that no rapid service stops at, including the line's Yamatoji Rapid.