Karasuma Station

烏丸駅
West ticket gate
General information
LocationShijō-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
Coordinates35°0′13.2″N 135°45′32.79″E / 35.003667°N 135.7591083°E / 35.003667; 135.7591083
Operated byHankyu Corporation
Line(s)Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Other information
Station codeHK-85
WebsiteOfficial
History
Opened17 June 1963
Passengers
FY2015[2]33.9 million

Karasuma Station (烏丸駅, Karasuma-eki) is a station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line.

Layout

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

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]

YearNumber (in thousands)
BoardingTotal
200114,86230,878
200214,56230,457
200314,44229,972
200414,13329,496
200515,33831,240
200615,04530,943
200715,66731,916
200815,75332,630
200914,21930,217
201014,75830,472
201114,88131,126
201215,24131,600
201516,39133,933

History

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

« Service »
Kyoto Main Line (HK-85)
Ōmiya   Local   Kyoto-kawaramachi
Ōmiya   Semi-Express   Kyoto-kawaramachi
Ōmiya   Rapid Service   Kyoto-kawaramachi
Ōmiya   Rapid Express   Kyoto-kawaramachi
Katsura   Limited Express   Kyoto-kawaramachi
Ōmiya   Commuter Limited Express   Kyoto-kawaramachi
Katsura   Rapid Limited Express "Kyo-Train", "Ogura"   Kyoto-kawaramachi
Katsura   Rapid Limited Express A "Kyo-Train"   Kyoto-kawaramachi

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. "Statistics of Kyoto Prefecture". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  4. "「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.


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