As the station opened, the Randen-Tenjingawa Station opened between Kaikonoyashiro and Yamanouchi stations (Kyoto Prefecture) on the Arashiyama Line of the Keifuku Electric Railroad on March 28, 2008; SANSA Ukyo was built on the aboveground of the station as a new base of Ukyo Ward, into which the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau Government Office, Ukyo Ward Office, a welfare office and a healthcare center were moved.
当駅開業に伴い、2008年3月28日に京福嵐山線の蚕ノ社～山ノ内駅(京都府)間に嵐電天神川駅が開業し、右京区の新たな拠点となる市街地再開発施設SANSA右京が駅地上部に建設され、京都市交通局本庁舎、右京区役所や福祉事務所、保健所などの移転している。