Rakusaiguchi Station | |
Native Name: | 洛西口駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Nishikyō, Kyoto, Kyoto |
Country: | Japan |
Map Type: | Japan Kyoto#Japan |
Operator: | Hankyu Corporation |
Line: | Hankyu Kyoto Main Line |
Tracks: | 2 |
Code: | HK-80 |
Opened: | 16 March 2003 |
Passengers: | 4.5 million |
Pass Year: | FY2015[1] |
is a train station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line. It was opened on 16 March 2003, and serves the communities nestled between Katsura and Mukō.
The elevated station has two side platforms serving two tracks. Both platforms are connected by stairs, elevators and escalators with the ground level where a ticket gate is located.[2]
Rakusaiguchi Station opened on 16 March 2003.
Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-80.[3]
Until the work to elevate the tracks was completed on 5 March 2016, each platform had its own ticket gate.[4] From 26 October 2013 to 4 March 2016, only -bound platform was on the elevated track.[5]
In fiscal 2015 (April 2015 to March 2016), about 4,525,000 passengers used this station annually. For historical data, see the table below.[6] [1]
Year | Number (in thousands) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Boarding | Total | ||
2002 | 53 | ||
2003 | 614 | ||
2004 | 602 | ||
2005 | 1,302 | ||
2006 | 1,314 | ||
2007 | 1,405 | 2,635 | |
2008 | 1,503 | 2,855 | |
2009 | 1,389 | 2,747 | |
2010 | 1,419 | 2,749 | |
2011 | 1,396 | 2,726 | |
2012 | 1,438 | 2,798 | |
2013 | 1,425 | 2,756 | |
2015 | 2,276 | 4,525 |