Moreover, the forced demolition south of Gojo-dori Street, which took place toward the end of WWII (July 1945), created lots of empty space, but as a plan to widen Gojo-dori Street came up in or around 1955 the station was relocated from south of Gojo-dori Street to the north of it and the present Gojo Ohashi Bridge was constructed.
また太平洋戦争末期(1945年7月)に五条通り南側の強制疎開が行われ、その後も更地のままで有ったが昭和30年頃に五条通りを拡幅する事となり、駅をそれまでの五条通りの南側から北側に移設して、現在の五条大橋が建設された。