History
Katsuragawa Station (JR West Tōkaidō Main Line/JR Kyoto Line, station number JR-A33) opened on 18 October 2008 between Nishi-Ōji and Mukōmachi, in Kuze-Takada-chō, Minami-ku, Kyoto. The station had originally been planned for opening in winter 2005 but was repeatedly delayed due to slow progress on surrounding urban redevelopment and the widening of Kuze-Kita-Chaya-Sen (part of Kyoto Prefectural Route 201) which passes underneath. Station-building works began on 17 June 2006 once the road's box-frame structure had been completed; the working name was JR Katsura. The final name and 18 October opening date were announced by JR West on 23 June 2008. In March 2010 the western redevelopment area "Kyōto Katsuragawa Tsumugi-no-Machi" land-readjustment project was completed; Aeon Mall Kyoto Katsuragawa opened on 17 October 2014 connected to the station by a pedestrian deck. An arrival-melody system was introduced on 12 March 2015 and station numbering on 17 March 2018.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Pre-opening, daily ridership at Katsuragawa was forecast at 4,200; by FY2024 actual daily traffic had reached 31,508 — more than seven times that forecast. The station name was chosen for the Class-1 Katsura River that flows nearby, rather than the working name JR Katsura, because Hankyu's Katsura Station is some distance away and Rakusaiguchi is actually closer.