On March 28, 2008, Randen-Tenjingawa Station, located approximately 280 meters east of this station, on the Yamanouchi Station (Kyoto Prefecture) side, went into operation, and the new station came to be used as a station where train passengers on one of the two lines would change to a train on the other line.
同年3月28日に当駅から山ノ内駅(京都府)寄りの約280m東側に嵐電天神川駅が開業したため、そちらが乗換駅となった。