Sako (Tokushima)

Weekday departures: 120/day · Sat & holiday departures: 120/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:54 / 23:15

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (8)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Kotoku Line: Yoshinari ⇄ Tokushima
• Tokushima Line: Kuramoto (Tokushima)

Sako Station opened on 20 March 1935 when the Japanese Government Railways added it as an intermediate stop where the new Kōtoku Line met the existing Tokushima Line, in the city of Tokushima. A north entrance opened in 1974 and elevation works began in 1986, completing on 27 July 1993. JR Shikoku took over at privatisation on 1 April 1987. From 1 June 1988 the trunk line was redesignated the Tokushima Line and Sako was set as its official terminus, though all trains continue on to Tokushima. Staffed hours were trimmed in March 1994, and the station was destaffed entirely on 16 March 2024.

Sako is the official terminus of the Tokushima Line on paper, but every train continues across into Tokushima Station; in the same overlap, the section Sako–Tokushima has two single tracks running side by side rather than a true double-track.