Karasuma Oike Station Explained

Karasuma Oike Station
Native Name:	烏丸御池駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Address:	Nakagyō, Kyoto, Kyoto
Country:	Japan
Platforms:	2 island platforms
Tracks:	4
Code:	K08, T13
Former:	Oike (until 1997)
Passengers:	daily^[1]
Pass Year:	FY

is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line and Tōzai Line in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Lines

• • • (Station Number: K08)
  • (Station Number: T13)

Layout

The station is the transferring station operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau under Karasuma Oike Intersection on Karasuma Street and Oike Street. The two side platforms with two tracks for the Karasuma Line are located under the ticket gate floor, and the island platform with two tracks for the Tōzai Line is located under the Karasuma Line.

Karasuma Line

Tōzai Line

Surroundings

• Ace Hotel Kyoto^[2]
• Adachi Hospital
• Hello Work Plaza Karasuma Oike
• Karasuma Oike Intersection
• Kyoto International Manga Museum
• The Museum of Kyoto
• Nakagyo-ku Post Office
• NHK Kyoto Broadcast Station
• Nichicon Corporation
• ShinPuhKan mall^[3]

History

• May 29, 1981 - Oike Station was opened on the same day as the opening of the Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line from Kitaoji to Kyoto.
• August 28, 1988 - Through service to and from the Kintetsu Kyoto Line started.
• May 22, 1997 - Oike Station was renamed Karasuma-Oike Station to prepare to connect to the Tozai Line from Daigo to Nijo.
• October 12, 1997 - The Tozai Line was opened.
• April 1, 2007 - PiTaPa service started.
• January 16, 2008 - Through service to and from the Keihan Railway Keishin Line started on the same day as the extension of the Tozai Line from Nijo to Uzumasa Tenjingawa.
• May 16, 2011 - Underground shopping area Kotochika Oike opened.^[4]

References

35.0104°N 135.7598°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: 京都市交通事業白書. Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. ja. 2017-12-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180120010559/http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/cmsfiles/contents/0000073/73257/03_kousoku.pdf#page=16. 2018-01-20. dead.
2. Web site: Kyoto "SHIN-PUH-KAN Redevelopment Project" Hotel Branding Announced . NTT Urban Development . 6 April 2018.
3. Web site: Kyoto ShinPuhKan: Food, Shopping, and a Hotel - Where Do You Go First?! . Live Japan . 27 August 2020.
4. Web site: 「Ｋｏｔｏｃｈｉｋａ（コトチカ）御池」の開業について. April 19, 2011. 京都交通局. April 22, 2019.