History
Hirakatashi Station opened on 15 April 1910 as Hirakata-Higashiguchi Station when the Keihan Main Line was inaugurated between Tenmabashi and Gojō. The Keihan Katano Line (originally the Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway Hirakata Line) connected in 1929. The station became part of Keihanshin Express Railway (today's Hankyu) in 1943 wartime mergers, then split back to the reconstituted Keihan in 1949, when it was renamed Hirakatashi Station on 1 October to reflect its role as the central station of the newly chartered Hirakata City. The current elevated three-island-platform structure was completed in 1993 after a 15-year continuous grade-separation project, and the station picked up full daytime limited-express stops in 2003.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Keihan Holdings' and Keihan Electric Railway's registered head office is the Hirakata business office adjacent to the station — a rarity among private rail operators, whose registered offices usually sit in their flagship Osaka or Kyoto buildings.