Misasagi Station

T08
Misasagi Station

御陵駅
Misasagi Station entrance, June 2009
General information
LocationMisasagi-Haranishicho, Yamashina, Kyoto, Kyoto
(京都市山科区御陵原西町)
Japan
Coordinates34°59′46.04″N 135°48′5.84″E / 34.9961222°N 135.8016222°E / 34.9961222; 135.8016222
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 island platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Station codeT08
History
Opened15 August 1912; 112 years ago (15 August 1912)
Rebuilt1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Passengers
  • 16,054 daily (Subway, FY2016)[1]
  • 6,197 daily (Keihan, FY2015)[2]
Services
Preceding station The Emblem of Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Municipal Subway Following station
Keage
T09
Tōzai Line Yamashina
T07
towards Rokujizō

Misasagi Station (御陵駅, Misasagi-eki) is a train station in Yamashina-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

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Layout

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Platforms 1 and 2 of the station

The station is a cross-platform interchange between the Tōzai Line and the Keihan Keishin Line, with two tracks and one island platform on both the second and third basement levels. The westbound platform (which is used for trains to Uzumasa Tenjingawa) is stacked above the eastbound platform (which is used for trains to Rokujizō and Hamaōtsu).[3]

2nd basement
1  Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line from Rokujizō for Kyōto Shiyakusho-mae, Karasuma Oike and Uzumasa Tenjingawa
2  Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line from Hamaōtsu for Kyōto Shiyakusho-mae, Karasuma Oike and Uzumasa Tenjingawa
3rd basement
3  Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line for Yamashina and Rokujizō
4  Keihan Railway Keishin Line for Shinomiya and Hamaōtsu

History

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The station originally opened on 15 August 1912 as an at-grade railway station on the Keihan Keishin Line. On 12 October 1997, the at-grade station was replaced with an underground station when the first phase of the Tōzai Line opened.

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Keihan Railway Keishin Line
Keage (T09) Services from Biwakohamaōtsu Keihan Yamashina (OT31)
Keihan Railway Keishin Line (section abandoned in 1997)
Hinooka - Keihan Yamashina

References

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  1. ^ "京都市交通事業白書" (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau.
  2. ^ "第8章 都市施設【交通機関】 07 私鉄市内駅乗降客数(JRを除く)" (in Japanese). Kyoto Open Data. 26 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Misasagi Station". City of Kyoto. Retrieved 17 December 2017.