History
Shichijō Station serves the Keihan Main Line in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, beneath the east end of Shichijō-ōhashi bridge over the Kamo River. It opened on 27 April 1913, replacing the earlier Daibutsu-mae stop a short distance north so that the line could interchange with the new Kyoto City Tram on Shichijō Street. Originally a staggered ground-level layout with platforms split by the street, it survived the 1935 Kamo River flood and a 1946 collapse of a rotted timber platform. Through-tracks were buried on 24 May 1987 and the station passed underground; the former surface alignment became Kawabata-dōri the following year. The station became a limited-express stop in 1950 and remains one today.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.