Yamatosaidaiji

Weekday departures: 335/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 318/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:04 / 24:32 (00:32 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 9:00–10:00 (23)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is complete: Kintetsu Nara Line

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Kintetsu Kashihara Line: one direction only
• Kyoto Subway - Kintetsu Kyoto Line: one direction only

• Kintetsu Kashihara Line: Amagatsuji
• Kyoto Subway - Kintetsu Kyoto Line: Heijo
• Kintetsu Nara Line: Ayameike ⇄ Shinomiya (Nara)

Yamato-Saidaiji Station opened on 30 April 1914 as Saidaiji Station when the Osaka Electric Tramway inaugurated its line between Uehommachi and Nara. The station, in Saidaiji Kunimichō, Nara, was relocated about 150 metres west in April 1921 when the Unebi Line (today the Kashihara Line) opened, becoming a major junction. It became Daiki-Saidaiji Station in December 1932 and Yamato-Saidaiji Station on 15 March 1941 when the Osaka Electric Tramway merged with Sangu Express Railway. The station was moved back near its original site in March 1965 and rebuilt with four tracks, two island platforms and a platform reserved for Kashihara Line services; today three island platforms serve five tracks, with platforms 4 and 5 sharing one track.

On 8 July 2022, the area near the station's north entrance became the scene of the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was campaigning in the vicinity.