History
Imamiyaebisu Station was opened on 5 October 1907 as Ebisu Station by Nankai Railway, the predecessor of Nankai Electric Railway, and was renamed Imamiyaebisu on 1 July 1915. The line through the station was elevated between 1937 and 1938, integrating it into the four-track shared corridor between Namba and Kishinosatotamade. In June 1944 wartime consolidation transferred the station to Kintetsu, before the formation of the modern Nankai Electric Railway returned it on 1 June 1947. Although on paper the station belongs to the Nankai Main Line, only Kōya Line local trains have actually stopped here since 23 November 1970.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Although the station is named for the Imamiya-Ebisu Shrine, which draws crowds each January for the Tōka Ebisu festival, only Kōya Line locals actually stop here—Main Line trains all pass through without stopping.