Tōji Station | |
Native Name: | 東寺駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 39, Nishi-Kujo Zaocho, Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.9799°N 135.7526°W |
Line: | |
Structure: | Elevated |
Code: | B02 |
Passengers: | 2.6 million |
Pass Year: | FY2015[1] |
is a railway station on the Kyoto Line of the Kintetsu Railway located in Minami-ku in Kyoto, Japan.
The station provides access to Tō-ji, a nearby Buddhist temple famous for its large pagoda.
The station has two side platforms serving a track each.[2]
The station opened in 1928 as a station of Nara Electric Railroad. In 1938, the station was moved towards, and became an elevated station. Nara Electric Railroad merged with Kintetsu in 1963. In 2007, the station started using PiTaPa.