History
Kōzu Station opened on 10 July 1929 as part of the new Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway Hirakata Line. Ownership transferred to Katano Electric Railway on 1 May 1939, then to Keihanshin Kyūkō Electric Railway by merger on 1 May 1945. The station was temporarily closed from 15 September 1945 until 15 February 1946. The 1 December 1949 corporate split moved it under Keihan Electric Railway. A pedestrian underpass opened on 13 July 1969, and the double-tracking of the Murano-to-Katanoshi section on 31 March 1972 converted Kōzu to opposed side platforms. The station building was relocated underground on 8 April 1973, and a new at-grade station house was completed on 8 April 2011.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
The kanji 郡津 reads "Kōzu" in this Osaka station, just as the Kōzu (国府津) station on the JR East Tōkaidō Main Line and JR Tōkai Gotemba Line shares the same pronunciation. The Hirakata-area Kōzu sits within Katano City; among the Katano Line's intermediate stations its 1日乗降 ridership ranks third after Kawachimori and Katanoshi.