Keage Station
Keage Station (蹴上駅, Keage-eki) is a train station in Higashiyama-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is the closest subway station to Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji temple.
Keage Station 蹴上駅 | |
|---|---|
 Keage Station entrance No. 2, December 2007 | |
| Location | Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan |
| Coordinates | 35.0078°N 135.7902°E |
| Operated by | Kyoto Municipal Subway |
| Line(s) | Tōzai Line |
| Other information | |
| Station code | T-09 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2016) | 10,713 daily[1] |
Lines
- Kyoto Municipal Subway
- Tōzai Line (Station Number: T09)
Layout
The underground station has one island platform serving two tracks. Track No. 1 is for trains bound for Uzumasa Tenjingawa and Track No. 2 is for trains bound for Rokujizō and Hama-Ōtsu.[2]
History
Keage Station of Keishin Line in 1997
The station opened on October 12, 1997 when the first section of the Tōzai Line opened.[2]
Until the day before the opening of the Tōzai Line, Keage Station on the Keihan Keishin Line on the street served the area from the beginning of the Keishin Line on August 15, 1912.[3]
Surrounding area
- Westing Miyako Hotel Kyoto
- Nanzen-ji
- Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji
- Philosopher's Walk (Tetsugaku no Michi)
- Lake Biwa Canal
- Keage Incline
- Kyoto International Community House
- Kyoto City Zoo
References
- "京都市交通事業白書" (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau.
- "東西線 蹴上駅 駅情報". Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- Takayama, Reizō. 京阪大津線の80年 [Eighty Years of the Keihan Ōtsu Lines]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. 553 (December 1991 Extra): 112.
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