Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Station (聖蹟桜ヶ丘駅) is an elevated station in Tama, Tokyo. Keio Corporation runs it. It opened on 24 March 1925 as Sekido Station (関戸駅).
History
Sekido Station (関戸駅) opened on 24 March 1925 as a station of the Gyokunan Electric Railway (玉南電気鉄道). On 1 December 1926 the station came under the Keio Electric Railway (京王電気軌道), through a merger. On 1 May 1937 it was renamed Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Station (聖蹟桜ヶ丘駅). In the wartime merger of 31 May 1944 the station came under Tokyu (Daitokyu). On 1 June 1948 Keio Teito Electric Railway became independent of Tokyu, and the station became its station.
On 20 September 1953 a model photography session was held, and a special Camera Hiking train ran from Shinjuku to this station. On 21 April 1964 the Tama River bridge between here and Nakagawara was doubled, and the line became double track. On 29 May 1970 the station was raised onto an elevated structure. The old station had been further south, on a sharp curve. When the station was raised, its platform was straightened so that longer trains could stop.
In February 1984 the Keio group began a development plan for the area around the station. On 28 March 1986 the Keio Seiseki-Sakuragaoka Shopping Centre (京王聖蹟桜ヶ丘ショッピングセンター) opened, in buildings called A and B. On 14 March 1988 the Keio Teito head office moved from Shinjuku Sanchōme (新宿三丁目).
On 8 April 2012 the approach melody was changed to 'Country Road', the theme song of the anime film Whisper of the Heart (耳をすませば). On 1 June 2013 a bus terminal was completed, separate from the one in the shopping centre. On 22 February 2018 down Keio Liner (京王ライナー) trains began to stop here. On 22 February 2019 up Keio Liner trains began to stop here. In October 2025 the station's toilets were scheduled for renovation.
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