History
Suminodō Station opened on 22 August 1895 with the Naniwa Railway's Shijōnawate-to-Katamachi section. The line passed to Kansai Railway in 1897 and was nationalised on 1 October 1907; on 12 October 1909 the route was classified as the Sakuranomiya Line, and in 1913 became part of the Katamachi Line. Freight handling ended on 1 July 1973. A 1975-authorised elevated-track grade-separation project was completed in November 1989; on 10 March 1990 a second double-track section was brought into service, enabling a four-track island layout for peak-period rapid/local connections. The station became JR West's at privatisation on 1 April 1987, adopted the Gakkentoshi nickname on 13 March 1988, and was numbered JR-H36 in March 2018.
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
Suminodō is the busiest mid-line station on the Gakkentoshi (Katamachi) Line and ranks 27th system-wide among JR West stations.