History
Sana Station opened on March 20,1923 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Kisei-East Line. The line was extended on to Kawazoe Station on November 20, 1923. The JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War 2, and the line was renamed the Kisei Main Line on July 15, 1959. The station has been unattended since December 21, 1983. The station was absorbed into the JR Central network upon the privatization of the (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station building was torn down in February 2000.
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