Hoshigaoka (Osaka)

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Hoshigaoka Station opened on 1 November 1938 as a new station on the Shigi-Ikoma Electric Railway's Hirakata Line, between Hirakata Higashiguchi (today's Hirakatashi) and Murano, in Hoshigaoka 2-chōme, Hirakata, Osaka. A line transfer brought the station under Katano Electric Railway on 1 May 1939, and a company merger brought it under Keihanshin Express Electric Railway on 1 May 1945. Use of the station was suspended on 15 September 1945 to prevent transport disruption, and operations resumed on 15 February 1946. With the corporate separation of 1 December 1949 the station passed to today's Keihan Electric Railway. Platforms were lengthened and the station building improved on 1 December 1968, and on 6 June 1971 the section Nakamiya–Murano was double-tracked, the station was converted to opposed side platforms, an underpass was newly built and the station building was upgraded. As part of barrier-free works, a ticket gate on the Hirakatashi-bound platform — the west gate — entered service on 31 March 2011, and a wheelchair-accessible multipurpose toilet and a ramp were also installed.

Before the 2011 barrier-free works, wheelchair users wishing to board a Hirakatashi-bound train had to ask staff at the Kisaichi-side ticket gate; an attendant would then escort them across a public-road level crossing and onto a wheelchair-only ramp leading to the opposite platform.