History
Kitano-Hakubaichō Station opened on 1 October 1943 as Hakubaicho Station, built on the Keifuku Electric Railroad (now Randen) Kitano Line as a transfer point with the newly completed Kyoto City Tram Nishioji Line. The Kitano Line itself had begun operations in 1925 between the original Kitano terminus (since closed) and Takaoguchi (today's Utano), and the section between Kitano and Hakubaicho was first suspended in July 1958, then formally abandoned on 15 September 1958. The station was renamed Kitano-Hakubaichō on 16 September 1958, when it took over as the line's effective terminus, and the Kyoto City Tram Nishioji Line itself closed in 1978. Demolition of the old building began in November 2019, and the rebuilt station — combining bus-stop integration and barrier-free access — entered service on 25 March 2021.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Originally a head-end terminus with three platforms and two tracks under a domed roof, the station was rebuilt with a single track and longer platform that allows two trams to stand nose-to-tail. A barrier-free public toilet at the platform's west end is designated a "sightseeing toilet" under an agreement with Kyoto City.