A spur line existed from the pre-WWII to post-WWII days between this station and the Kohata branch plant of the defunct Imperial Japanese Army Uji powder plant, located in the western part of Kohata.
戦前から戦後にかけ、木幡西部に位置した大日本帝国陸軍宇治火薬製造所木幡分工場への引込線が本駅から引かれていた。