Due to the construction work of the elevated quadruple track in the Tenmabashi - Noe signal station section, the station was relocated toward the Kyoto side and became slightly farther from the station of Japan National Railways (JNR).
のち、天満橋～野江信号所間の高架複々線化工事のために、京都方に移設、国鉄駅とは若干離れるようになった。