Nishiyama-Tennōzan Station is served by the Hankyu Kyoto Line, and is located 30.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Jūsō and 32.6 kilometers from Osaka-umeda.

Nishiyama-Tennōzan Station is located under Kyoto Jūkan Expressway.

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks, connected by an underground passage.

[4] In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 14,695 passengers daily[5] Kōsoku Nagaokakyō Bus Stop and Nishiyama Tennōzan Bus Terminal were opened with the opening of this station.

The former is an expressway bus stop by an elevated highway (Kyoto-Jukan Expressway) and is accessed by elevators.