History
Shijō-Ōmiya Station opened on 25 March 1910 as Kyōto Station, the original eastern terminus of the Arashiyama Densha Kidō tramway. It passed to the Kyoto Dentō Arashiyama Electric Railway via merger on 2 April 1918, was renamed Shijō-Ōmiya on 16 November 1925, and joined the Keifuku Electric Railroad with the wider 2 March 1942 line transfer. The present terminus building, the Nippon Life Shijō-Ōmiya Building above the platforms, was completed on 18 July 1986. The line designator A1 was assigned at the introduction of station numbering on 19 March 2007.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
The station's name derives from its location at the Shijō-dōri / Ōmiya-dōri intersection; it formerly shared this name with a Kyoto City Tram stop served by the Senbon, Shijō, Ōmiya and Umezu lines. Until 11 July 1971 there was an additional intermediate stop, Mibu, between Shijō-Ōmiya and the next station Saiin.