History
Sasaguri Station opened on 19 June 1904 as the eastern terminus of a stretch of track from Yoshizuka, built by the private Kyushu Railway. The line was nationalised on 1 July 1907 and brought under Japanese Government Railways control, and on 12 October 1909 the route was designated the Sasaguri Line. The station ceased to be a terminus on 25 May 1968 when the line was extended further east to Keisen. With the 1 April 1987 privatisation of JNR it passed to JR Kyushu. The station is sometimes marketed as part of the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line, of which the Sasaguri Line forms one component.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Although timetables and maps brand the station as part of the JR Kyushu "Fukuhoku Yutaka Line", that name is a service brand only — the underlying line is the Sasaguri Line, of which Sasaguri Station was the original eastern terminus.