History
Yodo Station opened on 15 April 1910 alongside the rest of the Keihan Main Line, its location shaped by the 1885 flood-control river works of the Yodogawa. It survived recurring floods through the 20th century, including the 1917 Taishō flood and Typhoon Muroto in 1934, before the operator agreed on a multi-party scheme in 1996 to elevate the tracks. Funded 60 percent by the Japan Racing Association, the high-level station for Kyoto Racecourse opened in stages on 12 September 2009 (downbound) and 28 May 2011 (upbound), with the fourth main-line track returning in January 2013. The current four-track, two-island layout makes Yodo the longest interstation gap on the Keihan Main Line at 4.4 km north of Chūshojima.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
On race days the Keihan rapid-express trains break their normal timetable to call here — partly because the Japan Racing Association paid 60 percent of the cost of elevating the station in the first place.