Kintetsu-Yao

Weekday departures: 166/day · Sat & holiday departures: 159/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:38 / 24:26 (00:26 next day)

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (12)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Kintetsu Osaka Line: Kyuhojiguchi ⇄ Kawachi-Yamamoto

Kintetsu Yao Station opened on 31 October 1924 as plain "Yao" Station on the Osaka Electric Railway's Yagi Line, today's Kintetsu Osaka Line. The station was renamed Daiki-Yao in August 1928, became Kankyū-Yao on 15 March 1941 after merger with Sangū Express, Kinki-Nihon-Yao on 1 June 1944 with the formation of Kintetsu, and finally Kintetsu Yao on 1 March 1970. Elevation work began in June 1974 and the station was relocated 0.3 km toward Ise-Nakagawa with completion of the viaduct on 17 December 1978. PiTaPa fares began on 1 April 2007.

Kintetsu Yao is the busiest station in Yao City, and the busiest of the Osaka Line stations that express and rapid express trains pass without stopping; only section express services and slower trains call here.