Thereafter, with Kyoto City's decision to widen Shichijo-dori Street and lay tracks for its trams, Daibutsu-mae Station was decommissioned for the sake of transfer convenience, and this station facing Shichijo-dori Street was inaugurated on the following day.
その後、京都市が七条通を拡幅して市電を敷設することになったため、乗換の便を図るべく大仏前駅を廃止し、その翌日に七条通に面した当駅が開業した。