History
Sanbashidōri-Gochōme opened on 7 April 1905 as Sanbashi Station (桟橋停留場) when the Tosa Electric Railway Ushioe Line was extended south from the original Sanbashi terminus (now Sanbashi-Shakomae). A turning loop was built on 8 December 1908 and removed in 1947 once freight service on the Ino Line ended. The stop was renamed Sanbashidōri-Gochōme on 1 February 1938. A 2009 rebuild raised the platform face, added a roof and a proper buffer stop, and replaced the previous bare-pole signage; the work finished on 23 March 2009. The stop transferred to Tosaden Kōtsū on 1 October 2014.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Until around 1945, freight trains ran all the way from Ino on the Ino Line down to this terminus, carrying products such as Tosa washi paper from the Ino township. The loop track installed in 1908 specifically to turn those freight workings was officially permitted to be removed in 1947.