Yodo (Kyoto)

No publicly available departure data for this station.

Yodo Station opened on 15 April 1910 alongside the rest of the Keihan Main Line, its location shaped by the 1885 flood-control river works of the Yodogawa. It survived recurring floods through the 20th century, including the 1917 Taishō flood and Typhoon Muroto in 1934, before the operator agreed on a multi-party scheme in 1996 to elevate the tracks. Funded 60 percent by the Japan Racing Association, the high-level station for Kyoto Racecourse opened in stages on 12 September 2009 (downbound) and 28 May 2011 (upbound), with the fourth main-line track returning in January 2013. The current four-track, two-island layout makes Yodo the longest interstation gap on the Keihan Main Line at 4.4 km north of Chūshojima.

On race days the Keihan rapid-express trains break their normal timetable to call here — partly because the Japan Racing Association paid 60 percent of the cost of elevating the station in the first place.