Ōwada (Saitama)

History

Ōwada Station opened on 4 October 1932 on the Keihan Main Line between Furukawabashi and Kayashima in what is now the city of Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, after the section was upgraded from joint-track running to a dedicated alignment the previous year. On 1 October 1943 the operator briefly became Keihanshin Express Railway (today's Hankyu) by merger, before separation restored the Keihan Electric Railway on 1 December 1949. A passing loop was added in 1952. From 1974, in connection with the Doi-to-Neyagawa quadruple-track elevation project, the platforms were moved and reorganised; full elevation as a four-track relative-platform station was completed in 1978. The station carries number KH15 and has two elevated side platforms with the building underneath.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.

Notes

During the foundation works for a new overhead station building in April 1963, three small bronze bells (dōtaku) of 20.5-26.5 cm were unearthed 2 m below ground; finds of dōtaku on level ground are extremely rare, and the site was registered as the "Ōwada Site". The bronzes are now held by the Tokyo National Museum.