Sakuramachi-mae Station was opened on October 5, 1928 as Chūgaku-mae Station (中学前駅, Chūgaku-mae-eki) on the privately held Hekikai Electric Railway. Hekikai Electric Railway merged with the Meitetsu Group on May 1, 1944. It was renamed to its present name on December 1, 1949. The station has been unattended since February 1967.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1641 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]