Tambaguchi Station

Tambaguchi Station (丹波口駅, Tambaguchi-eki) is a railway station in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Tambaguchi Station

丹波口駅
Station facilities under tracks, January 2008
Location1-5, Chūdōji-minamimachi, Shimogyō, Kyoto, Kyoto
(京都市下京区中堂寺南町1-5)
Japan
Coordinates34°59′43.51″N 135°44′32.73″E
Operated byWest Japan Railway Company
Line(s)Sagano Line
History
Opened1897

Lines

Layout

Elevated platform, March 2006

The elevated station has an island platform with two tracks.

1  Sagano Line for Kyoto
2  Sagano Line for Kameoka, Sonobe and Fukuchiyama

History

Tambaguchi Station opened on April 27, 1897, when the Kyoto Railway extended from Nijō to Ōmiya (temporary terminal in Kyoto). On March 16, 1976, the station was moved 0.5 kilometers northward and elevated. At this time, the freight facilities of the station, which had served Kyoto Central Wholesale Market, were not elevated and became independent Kyōto-ichiba Freight Terminal (京都市場駅, Kyōto-ichiba-eki). The freight terminal closed on February 1, 1984.[1]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sagano Line
Umekōji-Kyōtonishi   Local   Nijo
Rapid: Does not stop at this station

Nearby

The station directly abuts the Kyoto Central Wholesale Market, and nearby is the defunct courtesan's district of Shimabara.

References

  1. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 55, 298. ISBN 4533029809.


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