History
Kujo Station opened on 31 October 1964 as part of the Osaka Municipal Subway Line 4 (now the Chuo Line) extension from Bentencho to Honmachi, with an elevated structure running over Chuo Odori. On 20 March 2009 the Hanshin Namba Line was opened between Nishikujo and Osaka-Namba, bringing an underground island platform beneath the metro tracks and through services from Kintetsu Nara. Hanshin station numbering was added on 1 April 2014, the metro side passed to Osaka Metro on 1 April 2018, and Chuo Line platform-edge doors entered service on 24 May 2024.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station is one of only four in Japan where a private railway platform lies underground while the subway platform runs elevated above it: the metro Chuo Line is on viaduct over Chuo Odori while the Hanshin Namba Line tunnels beneath.