History
Jōyō Station opened on 11 July 1958 as a new infill station on the Japanese National Railways Nara Line between Nagaike and Shinden. The station passed to JR West with JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987. A passing loop was activated on 16 March 1991 and an elevated station building opened on 21 May the same year. The station became a stop for rapid services on 22 October 1992, and station number JR-D12 was assigned when JR West introduced numbering in March 2018. Two side platforms are connected by the overhead concourse, with ICOCA-compatible turnstiles. The Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket office closed on 31 October 2024.
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
Although the station shares its name with the host city, it actually sits in the Terada district — the same district name as the next station to the south on the line.