Although initially targeted for the winter of fiscal year 2005, its opening was delayed because of a delay in the urban redevelopment work in the area around the new station, and because of the work to expand the Kuzekitachaya section of the planned urban road (part of the Nakayama-Inari Line of Kyoto Prefectural Route 201), which is to run under the site of the new station.
当初2005年度冬の開業を目指していたが、新駅周辺の都市再開発事業の遅れの影響や、新駅の地下をくぐり抜ける都市計画道路久世北茶屋線（京都府道201号中山稲荷線の一部）の拡張工事を受け、開業は延期となっていた。