Although shops in the conventional commercial land lost ground to a large suburban shop recently built along the national route as well as other roadside shops, efforts are being made, under the catchphrase of creating the capital of Kitakinki, to vitalize the central city by elevating the station, and developing the area around it including the undeveloped area in the south of the station.
旧来の商業地は近年の国道沿いの郊外型大型店やロードサイド店舗に押された形となったが、北近畿の都をキャッチフレーズに駅の高架化や未開発の駅南を含む駅周辺の整備を進めることで、中心市街地活性化につなげようとしている。