History
Universal City Station opened on 1 March 2001 on the former Ajikawaguchi freight yard, four weeks before the inauguration of Universal Studios Japan next door. Designed by architect Tadao Andō with a streamlined white membrane roof evoking a sailing ship, the station replaced the working title "Konohana Rinkai" and was selected among the Kinki Region's "100 best stations" in its second listing. Most of the daily 35,317 riders (FY2024) are theme-park visitors; the station's loadings collapsed during the COVID-19 closures of 2020–22 before rebounding strongly with the run-up to Expo 2025.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station shares its name with Universal City Station on the Metro B Line in Los Angeles, which serves Universal Studios Hollywood.