After merging with Kansei Railway Company, it had once transferred, due to the narrow site of the station, the operation of passenger service to Amijima Station, which was constructed nearby by making the line diverge from Hanaten Station and become a freight station; however, after nationalization it eventually became the terminal station of the Katamachi Line because the Kyobashi exit of the Katamachi Station, which was constructed adjacent to Kyobashi Station of the Joto Line (Osaka Loop Line), became the independent Kyobashi Station and Amijima Station was abolished instead.
関西鉄道への合併後、用地が狭いために一時は放出駅から路線を分岐させる形で近隣に設けられた網島駅へ旅客扱いを譲り、貨物駅となったこともあったが、国有化後に城東線（現在の大阪環状線）の京橋駅に隣接するようにして設けられた片町駅京橋口を京橋駅として分離し、それと入れ替わる形で網島駅を廃止したため、片町線の起点駅としての地位に落ち着いた。