History
Rinkanden-entoshi Station opened on 22 November 1981 on the Nankai Kōya Line, built to serve the company's new Hashimoto Rinkan Den'en-toshi residential development. At opening only the up platform (now platform 3) was in use because the surrounding Kimi-tōge - Miyukitsuji section was still single-tracked; double-tracking was completed on 5 June 1983. The station became a stop for the H-special service in July 1990 and joined the full Kōya limited-express stopping pattern on 10 November 1992. Barrier-free works were completed in March 2011, station numbering NK75 was assigned on 1 April 2012, and the station was selected for the 4th Kinki Station Hundred.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Despite being in Wakayama Prefecture, the station is closer to central Osaka than Wakayama City itself, and is marketed as a commuter base for so-called 'Wakayama-fumin' (Wakayama-resident, Osaka-working) households.