It started operation as Goidō Signal Box, a signal box with a crossing loop to exchange trains on the single track Wakayama Line on February 8, 1940. The signal box was discontinued on July 15, 1949, but it was reopened on December 27, 1955.[1] On March 13, 2004, the signal box was converted to a passenger station and the present station name was assigned.[2][3]Goidō Station on KintetsuOsaka Line is a separate station. This is why the new JR station was named with the prefix "JR".
References
^Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 359. ISBN4-533-02980-9.
^香芝の沿革 (in Japanese). City of Kashiba. Archived from the original on August 7, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
^"データで見るJR西日本 2022" [JR West Japan 2022 in Data] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 2022. pp. 88–90. Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.