History
Shinobugaoka Station opened on 1 May 1953 as a new infill stop on the Japanese National Railways' Katamachi Line between Hoshida and Shijōnawate, after a community petition drive — it was the first railway station inside what is now Shijōnawate, Osaka. The single-platform stop was rebuilt with two opposed platforms on an elevated alignment on 1 October 1979 when the line was double-tracked. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West, and the line received the "Gakkentoshi Line" promotional nickname on 13 March 1988. Midori-no-madoguchi ticket-office service began on 1 November 1992, J-Through fare-card support on 8 March 1997, ICOCA on 1 November 2003, and station number JR-H33 was introduced on 17 March 2018; the green ticket window closed on 20 March 2018.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-25.
Notes
Although the station is Shijōnawate's only one, neighbouring "Shijōnawate Station" lies in Daitō, not Shijōnawate itself. The station's name derives from Shinobugaoka kofun, an ancient burial mound nearby.