Gion-Shijō Station

Gion-Shijō Station (祇園四条駅) is a railway station on the Keihan Main Line in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway.

Gion-Shijō Station

祇園四条駅
Gion-Shijō Station entrance, March 2008
LocationHigashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto
Japan
Coordinates35.00381°N 135.771977°E / 35.00381; 135.771977
Operated byKeihan Electric Railway
Line(s)Keihan Main Line
ConnectionsKawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Main Line)
History
Opened1915
Previous namesShijō (until 2008)
Passengers
FY2015[1]18.9 million

Lines

Gion-Shijō Station is served by the Keihan Main Line. All types of passenger trains, from local to limited express, stop at the station.

Station layout
South ticket gate, March 2008

The station in a double track section has one underground island platform with two tracks. Stairs, escalators and elevators connect the platform on the second basement to the first basement concourse and then to the ground level.

Platforms
1 ■ Keihan Main Line for Sanjō and Demachiyanagi
2 ■ Keihan Main Line for Chūshojima, Hirakatashi, Yodoyabashi, and Nakanoshima

History

The station opened on October 27, 1915. The tracks and the station facilities were moved to the underground on May 24, 1987. The station was originally named Shijō Station (四条駅) after Shijō Street as it is located where the railway along the bank of the Kamo River crosses Shijō Street.

Since 1981, there had been two stations along Shijō Street named Shijō; the other is on the Karasuma Line subway. At last, the Keihan station was renamed Gion-Shijō Station on October 19, 2008, the date of opening of the Nakanoshima Line.[2][3]

Surrounding area

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Keihan Main Line
Kiyomizu-Gojō   Local   Sanjō
Kiyomizu-Gojō   Sub Express
Commuter Sub Express (only running for Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima in the morning on weekdays)		   Sanjō
Kiyomizu-Gojō   Express   Sanjō
Shichijō   Rapid Express
Commuter Rapid Express (only running for Nakanoshima in the morning on weekdays)		   Sanjō
Shichijō   Limited Express   Sanjō
Shichijō   Rapid Limited Express
(on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays during the tourist seasons and new year period)		   Sanjō

References
  1. 第8章 都市施設 [Chapter 8: Urban facilities]. 京都市統計書 [Statistics of Kyoto City] (in Japanese). City of Kyoto. 2017.
  2. Keihan Electric Railway (November 6, 2007). 京都市内の京阪線3駅の駅名を変更します (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
  3. Keihan Electric Railway. 中之島線とは？ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-22. (Nakanoshima Line to open October 19, 2008)
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