Takeda Station (Kyoto) Explained


Takeda Station
Native Name:竹田駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Takeda Okenoicho, Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto
Country:Japan
Coordinates:34.9569°N 135.7561°W
Operator:
Platforms:2 island platforms
Tracks:4
Connections: Bus stop
Code:B05 (Kintetsu)
K15 (Kyoto Municipal Subway)
Former:Jōnangū-mae (until 1940)
Passengers:
  • 17.8 million (Kintetsu, FY2015)[1]
  • daily (Subway, FY2016)[2]

is a railway station in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The station is managed by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau which controls the municipal Karasuma Line subway.

Lines

The station is a junction of the following two railway lines:

The station is the southern terminal station on the former and an intermediate station of the latter. The two operators jointly provide through services between the two lines.

Layout

The station has two island platforms and four tracks. This is the sole subway station on the ground level in the Kyoto Subway system while all other stations are located underground.[3]

Platforms

History

The station was opened by the as on November 15, 1928, when the railway started the operation between and stations.[4] On April 1, 1940, the station was renamed Takeda Station. The Nara Electric Railway was merged into the Kintetsu Railway on October 1, 1963, so that the station belonged Kintetsu since then.[5]

On June 11, 1988, when the extension of the Karasuma Line subway was completed[6] the station was moved to its current site where is about 350 meters north of the original location and was expanded to serve both Kintetsu and subway lines. At this time the station was handed from Kintetsu to the transportation bureau.

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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: 京都市交通事業白書. Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. ja.
  3. Web site: Station Map . Arukumachi KYOTO Route Planner . City of Kyoto . 25 December 2017.
  4. Web site: 鉄軌道線の推移 大正15年4月~昭和6年3月. April 1926 – March 1931. Kintetsu Railway. ja.
  5. Web site: 鉄軌道線の推移 昭和36年4月~昭和47年3月. April 1961 – March 1972. Kintetsu Railway. ja.
  6. Web site: 京都市交通局:地下鉄のあゆみと概要. www.city.kyoto.lg.jp. 2019-04-28.