Fushimi Station (Kyoto) Explained

Fushimi Station
Native Name:	伏見駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto
Country:	Japan
Operator:	Kintetsu Railway
Line:	Kyoto Line
Code:	B06
Opened:	September 3, 1928
Passengers:	2.7 million
Pass Year:	FY2015^[1]

is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Kyoto Line located in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan.

Lines

• Kintetsu Railway
  • Kyoto Line

Building

The elevated station has two side platforms with two tracks.^[2]

Platforms

History

The location of the station was a site of former Fushimi Station on the government-run Nara Line railway. Since a reroute of the Nara Line to the present route (via Inari Station) in 1921, Fushimi Station had been a terminal of a freight branch until its closure about two months before the opening of the present station.

• September 5, 1895 - The station opens as a station of Nara Railway
• February 7, 1905 - Nara Railway merges into Kansai Railway
• October 1, 1907 - Kansai Railway is nationalized
• August 1, 1921 - The line between Kyoto and Fushimi closes; Fushimi Station survives as a freight station
• September 3, 1928 - The freight line between Fushimi and Momoyama closes and Fushimi Station closes
• November 15, 1928 - The station opens as a station of Nara Electric Railroad
• October 1, 1963 - NER merges and the station becomes part of Kintetsu

External links

• Station Facilities and Service
• Station Map

34.9462°N 135.7613°W

Notes and References

1. Book: ja:第8章 都市施設 . Chapter 8: Urban facilities . ja:京都市統計書 . Statistics of Kyoto City . http://www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/sogo/toukei/Publish/YearBook/index.html . ja . City of Kyoto.
2. Web site: Station Map . Arukumachi KYOTO Route Planner . City of Kyoto . 25 December 2017.