History
JR Fujinomori Station opened on 8 March 1997 as an infill stop on the Nara Line between Momoyama and Inari in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto. Planning for the new station and for nearby Rokujizō dated back to around 1980. The "JR" prefix was chosen to distinguish the stop from Fujinomori Station on the Keihan Main Line nearby, making it the first JR West station opened with "JR" already in its name. The single track was double-tracked through to Kyoto on 3 March 2001; ICOCA acceptance was added on 1 November 2003; platform-side lifts were installed on 24 March 2016; station numbering JR-D04 followed on 17 March 2018; and the Rokujizō - JR Fujinomori section was double-tracked on 26 February 2023.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
JR Fujinomori is the only station in the JR group that was given the prefix "JR" at the moment of its opening; the prefix was added to other stations like JR-Namba and JR-Miyamaki only later through renaming.