Kyobate

Weekday departures: 62/day · Sat & holiday departures: 62/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:27 / 23:55

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (4)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• JR Sakurai Line: Nara ⇄ Obitoke

Kyōbate Station opened on 11 May 1898 as the temporary northern terminus of the Nara Railway's first extension toward Sakurai, taking its name from its position at the southern edge of the ancient Heijō-kyō capital. The line was extended to Nara on 14 October 1899, the railway was absorbed into Kansai Railway in 1905, and the route was nationalised in 1907, becoming the Sakurai Line in 1909. The original 1898 wooden station building was transferred to Nara City in 2017 and restored over three phases between 2018 and 2019, reopening with a waiting room, café, and tourist information desk.

From 1919 to 1951 the Nara Anzen ropeway, a freight-only aerial line, linked Kyōbate Station with Ogura-chō in Nara, carrying local specialities such as naturally frozen tofu (kōya-dōfu), vegetables, charcoal, and timber.