Gion-Shijō Station Explained

Gion-Shijō Station
Native Name:祇園四条駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto
Country:Japan
Coordinates:35.0038°N 135.772°W
Operator:Keihan Electric Railway
Line:Keihan Main Line
Connections:Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Main Line)
Opened:1915
Former:Shijō (until 2008)
Passengers:18.9 million
Pass Year:FY2015[1]

is a railway station on the Keihan Main Line in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway.

Lines

Gion-Shijō Station is served by the Keihan Main Line. All types of passenger trains, from local to limited express, stop at the station.

Station layout

The station in a double track section has one underground island platform with two tracks. Stairs, escalators and elevators connect the platform on the second basement to the first basement concourse and then to the ground level.

Platforms

History

The station opened on October 27, 1915. The tracks and the station facilities were moved to the underground on May 24, 1987. The station was originally named after Shijō Street as it is located where the railway along the bank of the Kamo River crosses Shijō Street.

Since 1981, there had been two stations along Shijō Street named Shijō; the other is on the Karasuma Line subway. At last, the Keihan station was renamed Gion-Shijō Station on October 19, 2008, the date of opening of the Nakanoshima Line.[2] [3]

Surrounding area

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2017 . 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: http://www.keihan.co.jp/news/data_h19/2007-11-06-01.pdf. ja:京都市内の京阪線3駅の駅名を変更します. ja. Keihan Electric Railway. November 6, 2007. 6 November 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719194747/http://www.keihan.co.jp/news/data_h19/2007-11-06-01.pdf. 19 July 2011.
  3. Web site: http://nakanoshima-line.jp/part/about/index.html . ja:中之島線とは? . ja . Keihan Electric Railway . 2008-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080610191343/http://nakanoshima-line.jp/part/about/index.html . 2008-06-10 . dead . (Nakanoshima Line to open October 19, 2008)