Along with the design of the reinforced concrete viaduct that ran from the station to immediately before the Shin-Yodogawa Bridge, the concept and basic design of this station had a considerable influence on the railroad-line plans of the second-generation inter-urban express railways that were subsequently operated in Japan.
ここから新淀川橋梁直前まで続く鉄筋コンクリート造の高架橋ともども、そのコンセプトや基本設計は以後日本で開業することになる第2世代の都市間高速電車群の路線計画に多大な影響を与えた。