The station is an unattended station with a single ground-level island platform. The station building is a four-story building, with the upper floors as private condominiums. The station building has automated ticket machines, and automated turnstiles which accept the NicePasssmart card, as well as ET Card, a magnetic card ticketing system.
Jidōshagakkō Mae Station was established on December 6, 1909 as Ichiba Station (市場駅, Ichiba-eki). It was renamed to Enshū-Ichiba Station (遠州市場駅, Enshū-Ichiba-eki) in 1926. The station gained its present name with the opening of a large driver's training school nearby in 1966. The station has been unmanned since September 1974.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 971 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]