History
Kōzenji Station opened on 15 December 1910 between today's Kōrien and Hirakata-kōen on the newly built Keihan Main Line. Tracks east and west of the station originally ran in city streets but were relocated onto private right-of-way in July 1931. The Imperial Japanese Army's Kinya magazine explosion of 1 March 1939 damaged the line, suspending service here until 6 March. Following the 1943 merger Kōzenji belonged briefly to Keihanshin Express, returning to Keihan Electric Railway on 1 December 1949. The current overhead station building opened on 29 November 1998, and Keihan plans to relocate the platforms onto an elevated alignment by 2028.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Although both neighbouring stops are express stations, Kōzenji's weekday boarding numbers exceed those at Hirakata-kōen because multiple high schools cluster around the station.