History
Nagaokakyō Station opened on 1 August 1931 as Kōtari Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line between Mukōmachi and Yamazaki, in present-day Nagaokakyō City, Kyōto. On 19 July 1945 the station became the scene of the Kōtari Air Raid, when Allied fighters strafed the forecourt, killing a woman worker at Nippon Yusoki and injuring five others. The municipality was upgraded to Nagaokakyō City on 1 October 1972, and the station took its current name on 1 September 1995 — the same day all weekday Rapid services began calling here, with full-day stops following on 16 March 1996. The station rebuilt itself as a bridge-type structure in February 1987, ahead of its transfer to JR West in April. The west exit redevelopment, anchored by the Bambio complex, was completed in 2005.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The original Kōtari-era platform signboard is preserved in front of the city's Kōtari Community Hall, where it remains an exhibit.