The two operators jointly provide through services between the two lines.

This is the sole subway station on the ground level in the Kyoto Subway system while all other stations are located underground.

[3] The station was opened by the Nara Electric Railway (奈良電気鉄道, Nara Denki Tetsudō) as Jōnangūmae Station (城南宮前駅) on November 15, 1928, when the railway started the operation between Kyoto and Momoyamagoryō-mae stations.

[5][citation needed] On June 11, 1988, when the extension of the Karasuma Line subway was completed[6] the station was moved to its current site where is about 350 meters north of the original location and was expanded to serve both Kintetsu and subway lines.

At this time the station was handed from Kintetsu to the transportation bureau.