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Kyōto Station

Coordinates: 34°59′08″N 135°45′31″E / 34.98556°N 135.75861°E / 34.98556; 135.75861
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Kyōto Station

京都駅
Kyoto Station Building
Japanese name
Shinjitai京都駅
Kyūjitai京都驛
Hiraganaきょうとえき
General information
LocationShimogyo-ku, Kyōto City
Kyōto Prefecture
Japan
Operated by
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeK11, B01
Passengers
FY2015[1]255 million
Location
Kyōto Station is located in Kyoto city
Kyōto Station
Kyōto Station
Location within Kyoto city
Kyōto Station is located in Kyoto Prefecture
Kyōto Station
Kyōto Station
Kyōto Station (Kyoto Prefecture)
Kyōto Station is located in Japan
Kyōto Station
Kyōto Station
Kyōto Station (Japan)

Kyōto Station (京都駅, Kyōto-eki) is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof. It also housed the Kyōto City Air Terminal until August 31, 2002.

Lines

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Railroad map around Kyoto station
Station concourse, west and east ends viewed from upper level

Kyoto Station is served by the following railway lines:

In addition to the lines above, the following lines, among others, have through services to Kyoto Station:

JR West/JR Central

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 A 31   B 31   D 01   E 01 
Kyōto Station

京都駅
JR West and JR Central Railway station
Hachijō-side building of Kyōto station
General information
Location901 Higashi-Shiokōjichō (JR West)
8-3 Higashi-Shiokōji Takakura-chō (JR Central)
Shimogyō Ward, Kyōto City, Kyōto Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates34°59′07.6″N 135°45′28.0″E / 34.985444°N 135.757778°E / 34.985444; 135.757778
Operated by
Line(s)
History
Opened1877; 147 years ago (1877)
Passengers
  • 200,426 daily (JR West, FY2016)
  • 38,000 daily (JR Central, FY2016)[2]
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). JR Central Following station
Shin-Ōsaka
Terminus
 Tōkaidō Shinkansen
 Nagoya
towards Tokyo
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
 Maibara
towards Tokyo
Shinkansen tracks
Platform No. 5 of JR Kyoto Station
Shinkansen arriving at Kyōto Station

Layout

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The station has a side platform and four island platforms serving eight tracks for the Tokaido Line (Biwako Line, JR Kyoto Line) and Kosei Line at ground level, three dead-end platforms serving four tracks for the Sanin Line (Sagano Line) to the west of platform 0 at ground level, and two dead-end platforms serving 3 tracks to the south of platform 7 at ground level. Two island platforms serving four tracks for the Shinkansen are elevated, above the platforms for the Kintetsu Kyoto Line.

0 ■Hokuriku Line limited express trains for Tsuruga and transfer to Hokuriku Shinkansen
■Tokaido Line, Chuo Line, Takayama Line limited express trains for Maibara, Nagano, and Takayama
■Biwako Line part of special rapid trains for Kusatsu and Maibara on weekday mornings
■Kosei Line part of special rapid trains for Katata and Ōmi-Imazu on weekday mornings
■Kusatsu Line for Kibukawa and Tsuge (evening, night)
2, 3 ■Biwako Line for Kusatsu and Maibara
■Kosei Line for Katata and Ōmi-Imazu
4, 5 ■JR Kyoto Line for Ōsaka and Sannomiya
6, 7 ■Kinokuni Line limited express trains Kuroshio for Shirahama and Shingū
■Chizu Express Line limited express trains Super Hakuto for Tottori and Kurayoshi
■Kansai Airport Line limited express trains Haruka from Maibara and Kusatsu for Kansai Airport
■limited express trains from the Hokuriku Line, Tokaido Line for Osaka
■JR Kyoto Line rapid trains and special rapid trains for Osaka and Sannomiya in the morning
8, 9, 10 ■Nara Line for Uji and Nara
30 ■Kansai Airport Line limited express trains Haruka for Kansai Airport
■Sagano-Sanin Line limited express trains (partly) for Fukuchiyama, Kinosaki Onsen, Higashi-Maizuru, and Amanohashidate
31 ■Sagano-Sanin Main Line limited express trains for Fukuchiyama, Kinosaki Onsen, Higashi-Maizuru, and Amanohashidate
■Sagano-Sanin Line part of trains for Kameoka, Sonobe, and Fukuchiyama
32, 33 ■Sagano-Sanin Line local trains and rapid trains for Kameoka, Sonobe, and Fukuchiyama
34 ■ Disembarking only for trains at platform 33  
11, 12 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Nagoya and Tokyo
13, 14 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Shin-Osaka and Hakata
Track layout of Kyōto Station (JR West area)[3][4]
Hachijō side (South)
Brown (2 tracks): Nara Line to Uji and Nara
Blue (4 tracks):
Tōkaidō Main Line
(Biwako Line)
to Maibara, Nagoya and Tokyo
Kosei Line
to Omi-Imazu and Tsuruga 		Track layout of Kyōto Station (JR West area) Black (1 track):
Freight Line
to Kyoto Freight Station
Blue (4 tracks):
Tōkaidō Main Line
(JR Kyōto Line)
to Ōsaka and Kōbe
Purple (1 track):
San'in Main Line
(Sagano Line)
to Fukuchiyama
Karasuma Side (North)

Limited express trains

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for the Hokuriku Line
for the Tokaido Line, and the Takayama Line
for the Sanin region via the Chizu Express Chizu Line
for the Hanwa Line, Kansai Airport Line and the Kinokuni Line
  • Kansai Airport limited express Haruka: Maibara, Kyoto - Kansai Airport
  • limited express Kuroshio: Kyoto, Shin-Osaka - Shirahama, Shingu
for the Sanin Line, the Maizuru Line and the Kitakinki Tango Railway lines

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Tokaido Line (Biwako Line, JR Kyoto Line), Kosei Line
Terminus   West Express Ginga   Shin-Osaka (JR-A46)
Kusatsu (JR-A24)   Limited Express Hida   Shin-Osaka (JR-A46)
Terminus   Limited Express Super Hakuto   Shin-Osaka (JR-A46)
Terminus   Limited Express Kuroshio   Shin-Osaka (JR-A46)
Otsu (JR-A29)
Yamashina (JR-A30) 		  Limited Express Haruka   Takatsuki (JR-A38)
Shin-Osaka (JR-A46)
Katata (JR-B25)
Tsuruga (JR-B08) 		  Limited Express Thunderbird   Takatsuki (JR-A38)
Shin-Osaka (JR-A46)
Yamashina (JR-A30)   Rakuraku Biwako   Shin-Osaka (JR-A46)
Yamashina (JR-A30/JR-B30)   Special Rapid   Takatsuki (JR-A38)
Yamashina (local) (JR-A30/JR-B30)   Rapid (mornings)   Nagaokakyō (JR-A35) (rapid)
Yamashina (JR-A30/JR-B30)   Local (JR Kyoto Line daytime rapid)   Nishiōji (JR-A32)
Nara Line
Terminus   Miyakoji Rapid   Tōfukuji (JR-D02)
Terminus   Rapid   Tōfukuji (JR-D02)
Terminus   Regional Rapid   Tōfukuji (JR-D02)
Terminus   Local   Tōfukuji (JR-D02)
Sagano Line (Sanin Line)
Terminus   Rapid   Nijō (JR-E04)
Terminus   Local   Umekōji-Kyōtonishi (JR-E02)

Kintetsu

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Kyoto Station

京都駅
The logo of the Kintetsu Railway Company. Kintetsu Railway station
General information
Location31-1 Higashi-Shiokoji Kamadonochō, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates34°59′05″N 135°45′27.1″E / 34.98472°N 135.757528°E / 34.98472; 135.757528
Operated byThe logo of the Kintetsu Railway Company. Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)The symbol of the Kyoto/Kashihara Line of the Kintetsu Railway system. A white letter 'B' on top of an orange square. Kyoto/Kashihara Line
The symbol of the Kyoto/Kashihara Line of the Kintetsu Railway system. A white letter 'B' on top of an orange square. Kyoto Line
History
Opened1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Passengers
FY2015[1]37.2 million
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Kintetsu Railway Company. Kintetsu Railway Following station
Terminus Kyoto/Kashihara Line Tōji
towards Kashiharajingū-mae
Kyoto Line Tōji
towards Yamato-Saidaiji

Layout

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The station has three levels. Four dead-end platforms serving four tracks are located on the second floor. The 1st floor is a shopping street and the 3rd floor is the platforms for the Shinkansen (JR Central).

1, 2 ■Limited express trains for Nara, Kashiharajingu-mae, Ise-Shima
1～4 ■Local trains and express trains for Tambabashi, Shin-Tanabe, Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara, Tenri, Kashiharajingu-mae

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Kyōto Line
Terminus   Local   Tōji
Terminus   Semi-Express (only in the morning on weekdays)   Tōji
Terminus   Express   Tōji
Terminus   Limited Express   Kintetsu-Tambabashi

Kyoto City Subway

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K11
Kyoto Station

京都駅
Kyoto City Subway station
Kyoto Subway Station Exit No.1
General information
LocationHigashi-Shiokōji, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates34°59′08.0″N 135°45′36.4″E / 34.985556°N 135.760111°E / 34.985556; 135.760111
Operated byThe Emblem of Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Municipal Subway
Line(s)The symbol for the Karasuma Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway. Karasuma Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station codeK11
History
Opened1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Passengers
FY2016123,360 daily[5]
Services
Preceding station The Emblem of Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Municipal Subway Following station
Kujō
K12
towards Takeda
 Karasuma Line Gojō
K10
towards Kokusaikaikan

Layout

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The station consists of one underground island platform serving two tracks.

1 ■ Karasuma Line for Takeda, Shin-Tanabe and Nara
2 for Shijō, Karasuma Oike, Kokusaikaikan

History

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The first Kyoto Station
The second Kyoto Station
The third Kyoto Station

The governmental railway from Kobe reached Kyoto on 5 September 1876, but the station was under construction and a temporary facility called Ōmiya-dōri (Ōmiya Street) Temporary Station was used until the opening of the main station. The first Kyoto Station opened for service by decree of Emperor Meiji on 5 February 1877.[6]

In 1889, the railway became a part of the trunk line to Tokyo (Tokaido Main Line). Subsequently, the station became the terminal of two private railways, Nara Railway (1895, present-day Nara Line) and Kyoto Railway (1897, present-day Sagano Line), that connected the station with southern and northern regions of Kyoto Prefecture, respectively.[7]

The station was replaced by a newer, Renaissance-inspired facility in 1914, which featured a broad square (the site of demolished first station) leading from the station to Shichijō Avenue. Before and during World War II, the square was often used by imperial motorcades when Emperor Showa traveled between Kyoto and Tokyo. The station was spacious and designed to handle a large number of people, but when a few thousand people gathered to bid farewell to naval recruits on 8 January 1934, 77 people were crushed to death. This station burned to the ground in 1950, and was replaced by a more utilitarian concrete facility in 1952.

Aside from the main building on the north side of the station, the Hachijō-guchi building on the south side was built to house Tokaido Shinkansen which started operation in 1964. The underground facilities of the station, including the shopping mall Porta beneath the station square, were constructed when the subway opened in 1981.

The current Kyoto Station was designed by architect Hiroshi Hara, and it opened in 1997 which commemorated Kyoto's 1,200th anniversary. It is 70 meters high and 470 meters from east to west, with a total floor area of 238,000 square meters. Architecturally, it exhibits many characteristics of futurism, with a slightly irregular cubic façade of plate glass over a steel frame.[1] During the mid-1990s, Kyoto was one of the least modern cities in Japan by virtue of its many cultural heritage sites, so locals were largely reluctant to accept such an ambitious structure. However, the station's completion began a wave of new high-rise developments in Kyoto that culminated in the 20-story Kyocera Building.

Station numbers were introduced to the JR Lines in March 2018.[8][9] Kyoto Station was assigned:

  • JR-A31 for the Tokaido Main Line
  • JR-B31 for the Kosei Line
  • JR-E01 for the San'in Main Line
  • JR-D01 for the Nara Line

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2016, the JR West part of the station was used by an average of 200,426 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the second busiest JR West station after Osaka.[10] The Kyoto City Subway station was used by an average of 123,360 passengers daily (in fiscal 2016).[11]

Annual passengers traffic by operator[1]
Year JR West
(Boarding)		 JR Central
(Boarding)		 Kintetsu
(Total)		 Subway
(Total)
1908 2,255,334
2000 60,120,000 12,101,000 43,666,000 38,422,000
2005 64,388,000 11,286,000 39,607,000 38,582,000
2010 67,056,000 11,580,000 37,818,000 38,605,000
2015 73,216,000 13,566,000 37,224,000 44,459,000

Surrounding area

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Aerial photograph

Karasuma Gate

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  • Kyoto Station Building
    • JR Kyoto Isetan
    • Kyoto Station Shopping street "The Cube"
    • Hotel Granvia Kyoto
    • Kyoto Gekijo
    • Museum of Art "Eki" Kyoto
  • Kyoto Station Underground Mall "Porta"
  • Kyoto-Yodobashi
  • Hotel New Hankyu Kyoto
  • Kyoto Tower
  • Higashi Hongan-ji
  • Shimogyo-ku General Building
  • Campus Plaza Kyoto
  • Kyoto Central Post Office
  • Omron
  • Kyoto Bus Station

Nishinotoin Gate

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  • Bic Camera JR Kyoto Station (JR Kyoto Station NK Building)

Hachijo Gate

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  • Hotel Kintetsu Kyoto Station
  • Kyoto Avanti
    • Hotel Keihan Kyoto
  • Sightseeing Bus Terminal
  • Expressway Bus Terminal
  • New Miyako Hotel
  • To-ji
  • ÆON Mall Kyoto
  • PHP Institute

Bus terminals

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Highway buses

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Karasuma Gate

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Karasuma Gate Bus Terminal
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Hotel New Hankyu Kyoto bus stop
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Hachijo Gate

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Hotel Keihan Kyoto bus stops
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Hachijo-Dori Street north side (Kintetsu Bus)
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Hachijo-Dori Street south side (Kintetsu Bus and Nankai Bus)
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This bus stop is in front of Nippon Rent-A- Car Kyoto Station East Exit Office.

Hachijo-Dori Street south side (Osaka Bus)
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In media

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In Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, the final battle takes place in Kyoto Station.

Parts of the 2003 film Lost in Translation were filmed on Kyoto Station's Shinkansen platforms.[38]

See also

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References

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