Karasuma Station
Appearance
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Karasuma Station 烏丸駅 | |
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West ticket gate | |
General information | |
Location | Shijō-dōri Karasuma Higashi-iru Naginatabokochō, Shimogyō, Kyoto, Kyoto (京都市下京区四条通烏丸東入ル長刀鉾町[1]) Japan |
Coordinates | 35°0′13.2″N 135°45′32.79″E / 35.003667°N 135.7591083°E |
Operated by | Hankyu Corporation |
Line(s) | Hankyu Kyoto Main Line |
Platforms | 1 island platform |
Tracks | 2 |
Connections |
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Other information | |
Station code | HK-85 |
Website | Official |
History | |
Opened | 17 June 1963 |
Passengers | |
FY2015[2] | 33.9 million |
Karasuma Station (烏丸駅, Karasuma-eki) is a station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line.
Layout
[edit]The station has an island platform serving two tracks.
1 | ■ Kyoto Line | to Kyoto-kawaramachi |
2 | ■ Kyoto Line | for Osaka (Osaka-umeda, Tengachaya), Kita-Senri, Kobe, Takarazuka |
Shijō Station on the Karasuma Line subway is connected with Karasuma Station by a short underground walkway.
Usage
[edit]In fiscal 2015 (April 2015 to March 2016), about 33,933,000 passengers used this station annually. For historical data, see the table below.[3][2]
Year | Number (in thousands) | |
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Boarding | Total | |
2001 | 14,862 | 30,878 |
2002 | 14,562 | 30,457 |
2003 | 14,442 | 29,972 |
2004 | 14,133 | 29,496 |
2005 | 15,338 | 31,240 |
2006 | 15,045 | 30,943 |
2007 | 15,667 | 31,916 |
2008 | 15,753 | 32,630 |
2009 | 14,219 | 30,217 |
2010 | 14,758 | 30,472 |
2011 | 14,881 | 31,126 |
2012 | 15,241 | 31,600 |
2015 | 16,391 | 33,933 |
History
[edit]Karasuma Station opened on 17 June 1963.
Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-85.[4]
Adjacent stations
[edit]« | Service | » | ||
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Kyoto Main Line (HK-85) | ||||
Ōmiya | Local | Kyoto-kawaramachi | ||
Ōmiya | Semi-Express | Kyoto-kawaramachi | ||
Ōmiya | Expless | Kyoto-kawaramachi | ||
Ōmiya | Semi limited Express Express | Kyoto-kawaramachi | ||
Katsura | Limited Express | Kyoto-kawaramachi | ||
Ōmiya | Commuter Limited Express | Kyoto-kawaramachi | ||
Katsura | Rapid Limited Express "Kyo-Train", "Ogura" | Kyoto-kawaramachi |
References
[edit]- ^ Hankyu Corporation (April 2001). 阪急ステーション [Hankyu Stations] (in Japanese). Osaka: Hankyu Corporation. p. 112. ISBN 4-89485-051-6.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Statistics of Kyoto Prefecture". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "「西山天王山」駅開業にあわせて、「三宮」「服部」「中山」「松尾」4駅の駅名を変更し、全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Karasuma Station from Hankyu Railway website