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Template:Nihongo is a major railway station and transportation hub in Kyōto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof.

Lines

Railroad map around Kyoto station

Template:Multiple image Kyoto Station is served by the following railway lines:

In addition to the lines above, the following lines, among others, have through services to Kyoto Station:

JR West/JR Central

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Shinkansen tracks
Platform No. 5 of JR Kyoto Station
Shinkansen arriving at Kyōto Station

Layout

The station has a side platform and four island platforms serving eight tracks for the Tokaido Line (Biwako Line, JR Kyoto Line) and Kosei Line at ground level, three dead-end platforms serving four tracks for the Sanin Line (Sagano Line) to the west of platform 0 at ground level, and two dead-end platforms serving 3 tracks to the south of platform 7 at ground level. Two island platforms serving four tracks for the Shinkansen are elevated, above the platforms for the Kintetsu Kyoto Line.

0 ■Hokuriku Line limited express trains for Tsuruga and transfer to Hokuriku Shinkansen
■Tokaido Line, Chuo Line, Takayama Line limited express trains for Template:STN, Template:STN, and Template:STN
■Biwako Line part of special rapid trains for Kusatsu and Maibara on weekday mornings
■Kosei Line part of special rapid trains for Katata and Ōmi-Imazu on weekday mornings
■Kusatsu Line for Template:STN and Template:STN (evening, night)
2, 3 ■Biwako Line for Template:STN and Template:STN
■Kosei Line for Template:STN and Template:STN
4, 5 ■JR Kyoto Line for Template:STN and Template:STN
6, 7 ■Kinokuni Line limited express trains Kuroshio for Template:STN and Template:STN
■Chizu Express Line limited express trains Super Hakuto for Template:STN and Template:STN
■Kansai Airport Line limited express trains Haruka from Maibara and Kusatsu for Template:STN
■limited express trains from the Hokuriku Line, Tokaido Line for Osaka
■JR Kyoto Line rapid trains and special rapid trains for Osaka and Sannomiya in the morning
8, 9, 10 ■Nara Line for Template:STN and Template:STN
30 ■Kansai Airport Line limited express trains Haruka for Template:STN
■Sagano-Sanin Line limited express trains (partly) for Fukuchiyama, Kinosaki Onsen, Higashi-Maizuru, and Amanohashidate
31 ■Sagano-Sanin Main Line limited express trains for Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN, and Template:STN
■Sagano-Sanin Line part of trains for Kameoka, Sonobe, and Fukuchiyama
32, 33 ■Sagano-Sanin Line local trains and rapid trains for Template:STN, Template:STN, and Template:STN
34 ■ Disembarking only for trains at platform 33  
11, 12 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Template:STN and Template:STN
13, 14 ■Tōkaidō Shinkansen for Template:STN and Template:STN
Track layout of Kyōto Station (JR West area)<ref> Template:Cite journal</ref><ref> Template:Cite book</ref>
Hachijō side (South)
Template:Color: Nara Line to Uji and Nara
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Tōkaidō Main Line
(Biwako Line)
to Maibara, Nagoya and Tokyo
Kosei Line
to Omi-Imazu and Tsuruga 		Track layout of Kyōto Station (JR West area) Template:Color:
Freight Line
to Kyoto Freight Station
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Tōkaidō Main Line
(JR Kyōto Line)
to Ōsaka and Kōbe
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San'in Main Line
(Sagano Line)
to Fukuchiyama
Karasuma Side (North)

Limited express trains

for the Hokuriku Line
for the Tokaido Line, and the Takayama Line
for the Sanin region via the Chizu Express Chizu Line
for the Hanwa Line, Kansai Airport Line and the Kinokuni Line
  • Kansai Airport limited express Haruka: Maibara, Kyoto - Kansai Airport
  • limited express Kuroshio: Kyoto, Shin-Osaka - Shirahama, Shingu
for the Sanin Line, the Maizuru Line and the Kitakinki Tango Railway lines

Adjacent stations

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Kintetsu

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Layout

The station has three levels. Four dead-end platforms serving four tracks are located on the second floor. The 1st floor is a shopping street and the 3rd floor is the platforms for the Shinkansen (JR Central).

1, 2 ■Limited express trains for Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN
1～4 ■Local trains and express trains for Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN

Adjacent stations

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Kyoto City Subway

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Layout

The station consists of one underground island platform serving two tracks.

1 ■ Template:Color for Template:STN, Template:STN and Template:STN
2 for Template:STN, Template:STN, Template:STN

History

The first Kyoto Station
The second Kyoto Station
The third Kyoto Station

The governmental railway from Template:STN reached Kyoto on 5 September 1876, but the station was under construction and a temporary facility called Ōmiya-dōri (Ōmiya Street) Temporary Station was used until the opening of the main station. The first Kyoto Station opened for service by decree of Emperor Meiji on 5 February 1877.<ref>Template:Teishajo</ref>

In 1889, the railway became a part of the trunk line to Tokyo (Tokaido Main Line). Subsequently, the station became the terminal of two private railways, Nara Railway (1895, present-day Nara Line) and Kyoto Railway (1897, present-day Sagano Line), that connected the station with southern and northern regions of Kyoto Prefecture, respectively.<ref>Ishino, supra, pp. 298, 351</ref>

The station was replaced by a newer, Renaissance-inspired facility in 1914, which featured a broad square (the site of demolished first station) leading from the station to Shichijō Avenue. Before and during World War II, the square was often used by imperial motorcades when Emperor Showa traveled between Kyoto and Tokyo. The station was spacious and designed to handle a large number of people,Template:Cn but when a few thousand people gathered to bid farewell to naval recruits on 8 January 1934, 77 people were crushed to death.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This station burned to the ground in 1950, and was replaced by a more utilitarian concrete facility in 1952.

Aside from the main building on the north side of the station, the Hachijō-guchi building on the south side was built to house Tokaido Shinkansen which started operation in 1964. The underground facilities of the station, including the shopping mall Porta beneath the station square, were constructed when the subway opened in 1981.

The current Kyoto Station was designed by architect Hiroshi Hara, and it opened in 1997 which commemorated Kyoto's 1,200th anniversary. It is 70 meters high and 470 meters from east to west, with a total floor area of 238,000 square meters. Architecturally, it exhibits many characteristics of futurism, with a slightly irregular cubic façade of plate glass over a steel frame.[1] During the mid-1990s, Kyoto was one of the least modern cities in Japan by virtue of its many cultural heritage sites, so locals were largely reluctant to accept such an ambitious structure. However, the station's completion began a wave of new high-rise developments in Kyoto that culminated in the 20-story Kyocera Building.

In addition to traditional rail services, Kyoto Station also housed the Kyōto CAT (City Air Terminal), a downtown check in, baggage, and train service for some JAL flights operating out of Kansai International Airport. This service was discontinued on August 31, 2002 due to lack of ridership.<ref> https://maidonanews.jp/article/14822380 </ref>

Station numbers were introduced to the JR Lines in March 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kyoto Station was assigned:

  • JR-A31 for the Tokaido Main Line
  • JR-B31 for the Kosei Line
  • JR-E01 for the San'in Main Line
  • JR-D01 for the Nara Line

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR West part of the station was used by an average of 200,426 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the second busiest JR West station after Template:STN.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Kyoto City Subway station was used by an average of 123,360 passengers daily (in fiscal 2016).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Annual passengers traffic by operator<ref name = "Kyoto stats"/>
Year JR West
(Boarding)		 JR Central
(Boarding)		 Kintetsu
(Total)		 Subway
(Total)
1908 2,255,334
2000 60,120,000 12,101,000 43,666,000 38,422,000
2005 64,388,000 11,286,000 39,607,000 38,582,000
2010 67,056,000 11,580,000 37,818,000 38,605,000
2015 73,216,000 13,566,000 37,224,000 44,459,000

Surrounding area

Aerial photograph

Karasuma Gate

  • Kyoto Station Building
    • JR Kyoto Isetan
    • Kyoto Station Shopping street "The Cube"
    • Hotel Granvia Kyoto
    • Kyoto Gekijo
    • Museum of Art "Eki" Kyoto
  • Kyoto Station Underground Mall "Porta"
  • Kyoto-Yodobashi
  • Hotel New Hankyu Kyoto
  • Kyoto Tower
  • Higashi Hongan-ji
  • Shimogyo-ku General Building
  • Campus Plaza Kyoto
  • Kyoto Central Post Office
  • Omron
  • Kyoto Bus Station

Nishinotoin Gate

  • Bic Camera JR Kyoto Station (JR Kyoto Station NK Building)

Hachijo Gate

  • Hotel Kintetsu Kyoto Station
  • Kyoto Avanti
    • Hotel Keihan Kyoto
  • Sightseeing Bus Terminal
  • Expressway Bus Terminal
  • New Miyako Hotel
  • To-ji
  • ÆON Mall Kyoto
  • PHP Institute

Bus terminals

Highway buses

Karasuma Gate

Karasuma Gate Bus Terminal
Hotel New Hankyu Kyoto bus stop

Hachijo Gate

Hotel Keihan Kyoto bus stops
Hachijo-Dori Street north side (Kintetsu Bus)
Hachijo-Dori Street south side (Kintetsu Bus and Nankai Bus)

This bus stop is in front of Nippon Rent-A- Car Kyoto Station East Exit Office.

Hachijo-Dori Street south side (Osaka Bus)

In media

See also

References

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