Because the construction work required excavation beneath the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, the station was completed last among all the stations on the Tozai Line that were built by the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau.
東海道新幹線の地下をくぐる慎重な工事のため、京都市交通局が工事を手がけた東西線の駅では最も完成が遅れた。