Sakado (Fukuoka)

History

Sakado Station opened on 1 January 1904 as an intermediate stop on the privately built Hakata Bay Railway between Saitozaki and Sue. It was briefly closed in July 1905 and reopened on 1 August 1909, when a freight-only branch towards Shime began operating from it; that branch was further extended to Tabi-ishi in 1915 and finally closed entirely on 1 January 1985. Wartime consolidation moved the station to Nishitetsu in 1942, and the surrounding line was nationalised in 1944 as the Kashii Line. Control passed to JR Kyushu at privatisation on 1 April 1987. The fire-destroyed station building was rebuilt and the stop became an unstaffed "Smart Support Station" on 14 March 2015.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.

Notes

The original station building was destroyed by an arson fire on the afternoon of 28 November 1993 and the rebuilt facility now sits on the opposite side of the tracks, closer to the village.