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Coordinates: 34°59′08″N 135°45′32″E / 34.98561, 135.758915 Kyoto Station (京都駅, Kyōto-eki?) is the most important transportation hub in Kyoto, Japan. It has Japan's second-largest train station building (after Nagoya Station) and is one of the country's largest buildings, incorporating a shopping mall, hotel, movie theater, Isetan department store, and several local government facilities under one 15-story roof. It also housed the Kyoto City Air Terminal until August 31, 2002.
[edit] History
The first Kyoto Station opened for service by decree of Emperor Meiji on February 5, 1877. It was replaced by a newer, Renaissance-inspired facility in 1914, which featured a broad square leading from the station to Shichijo Avenue. Before and during World War II, the square was often used by imperial motorcades when Emperor Showa traveled between Kyoto and Tokyo: the image of Kyoto Station with its giant Rising Sun flags became a well-known image of the imperial era. This station burned to the ground in 1950 and was replaced by a more utilitarian concrete facility in 1952.
The current Kyoto Station opened in 1997, commemorating Kyoto's 1,200th anniversary. It is 70 meters high and 470 meters from east to west, with a total floor area of 238,000 square meters. Architecturally, it exhibits many characteristics of futurism, with a slightly irregular cubic facade of plate glass over a steel frame. The architect was Hiroshi Hara.
Kyoto, one of the least modern cities in Japan by virtue of its many cultural heritage sites, was largely reluctant to accept such an ambitious structure in the mid-1990s: The station's completion began a wave of new high-rise developments in the city that culminated with the 20-story Kyocera Building. For this, there are opinions criticizing the station design for taking part in breaking down the traditional cityscape.
Aside from the main building on the north side of the station, the Hachijō-guchi building on the south side was built to house Tōkaidō Shinkansen which started operation in 1964. The underground facilities of the station, including the shopping mall Porta beneath the station square, was constructed when the subway opened in 1981.
Kyoto Station is served by the following railway lines:
In addition to the lines above, the following lines, among others, have through services to Kyoto Station:
[edit] Train platforms
| 0 |
■Hokuriku Line Limited Express "Raichō", "Thunderbird" |
for Fukui, Kanazawa, Toyama |
| ■Chūō Line Limited Express "Shinano" |
for Nagano |
| ■Takayama Line Limited Express "Hida" |
for Takayama |
| ■Sleeper Limited Express "Nihonkai" |
for Aomori |
| ■Sleeper Limited Express "Twilight Express" |
for Sapporo |
| ■Sleeper Express "Kitaguni" |
for Niigata |
■Biwako Line Limited Express "Biwako Express", "Haruka"
■Biwako Line Special Rapid Service in the morning on weekdays |
for Kusatsu, Maibara |
| ■Kosei Line |
Special Rapid Service for Omi-Shiotsu, Tsuruga in the morning on weekdays |
| ■Through to the Kusatsu Line |
Local trains for Kibukawa, Tsuge |
| 2 |
■Biwako Line |
Local trains and Special Rapid Service for Kusatsu, Maibara, Nagahama |
| ■Kosei Line |
Rapid Service and Special Rapid Service for Ōmi-Imazu, Tsuruga |
| 3 |
■Kosei Line |
Local trains for Katata, Ōmi-Imazu |
| ■Biwako Line |
Local trains for Kusatsu, Maibara |
| 4 |
■JR Kyoto Line |
mainly local trains for Takatsuki, Osaka |
| 5 |
■JR Kyoto Line |
mainly Special Rapid Service and Rapid Service for Shin-Ōsaka, Osaka, Sannomiya |
| 6, 7 |
■Kinokuni Line Limited Express "Kuroshio", "Ocean Arrow" |
for Shirahama, Shingū |
| ■Limited Express "Super Hakuto" |
for Tottori, Kurayoshi |
| ■Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka" |
from Maibara for Kansai International Airport in the morning |
| ■Limited Express (from Hokuriku Line, Tōkaidō Line) |
for Osaka |
| ■JR Kyoto Line |
Rapid Service and Special Rapid Service for Shin-Ōsaka, Osaka, Sannomiya, Himeji in the morning |
| 8, 9, 10 |
■Nara Line |
for Uji, Jōyō, Nara |
| 30 |
■Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka" |
for Kansai International Airport (Some trains depart from track 6 or 7.) |
| ■a part of Sanin Line Limited Express "Tamba" |
for Fukuchiyama |
| ■a part of Sanin Line Limited Express "Maizuru" |
for Higashi-Maizuru |
| 31 |
■Sanin Line Limited Express "Kinosaki", "Hashidate", "Tamba" |
for Fukuchiyama, Kinosaki-Onsen, Amanohashidate |
| ■Sanin Line Limited Express "Maizuru", "Tango Discovery" |
for Higashi-Maizuru, Kumihama |
| ■Sagano Line |
for Kameoka, Sonobe, Fukuchiyama (local trains) |
| 32, 33 |
■Sagano Line |
for Kameoka, Sonobe, Fukuchiyama (Rapid Service and local trains) |
| 34 |
Exit |
|
| 11, 12 |
■Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
"Nozomi", "Hikari", "Kodama" for Nagoya, Tokyo |
| 13, 14 |
■Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
"Nozomi", "Hikari", "Kodama" for Shin-Ōsaka, Hiroshima, Hakata |
[edit] Kintetsu
| 1 |
■Limited Express |
for Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara, Kashiharajingu-mae, Yoshino, Ise, Shima |
| 2, 3 |
■Local trains and Express |
for Tambabashi, Shin-Tanabe, Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara, Tenri, Kashiharajingu-mae, Yoshino |
[edit] Kyoto Subway
The station number is K11.
[edit] Adjacent stations
| « |
Service |
» |
| West Japan Railway Company (JR West) |
| Tōkaidō Line (Biwako Line, JR Kyoto Line), Kosei Line |
| Yamashina |
|
Special Rapid Service |
|
Takatsuki |
| Yamashina |
|
Rapid Service (JR Kyoto Line)
Local (Biwako Line) |
|
Nagaokakyō |
| Yamashina |
|
Local |
|
Nishiōji |
| Nara Line |
| Terminus |
|
Miyakoji Rapid Service |
|
Tōfukuji |
| Terminus |
|
Rapid Service |
|
Tōfukuji |
| Terminus |
|
Regional Rapid Service |
|
Tōfukuji |
| Terminus |
|
Local |
|
Tōfukuji |
| Sagano Line (Sanin Line) |
| Terminus |
|
Rapid Service |
|
Nijō |
| Terminus |
|
Local |
|
Tambaguchi |
| Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) |
| Tōkaidō Shinkansen |
| Maibara |
- |
Shin-Ōsaka |
| Kintetsu |
| Kyōto Line |
| Terminus |
|
Limited Express |
|
Kintetsu-Tambabashi |
| Terminus |
|
Express |
|
Tōji |
| Terminus |
|
Semi-Express |
|
Tōji |
| Terminus |
|
Local |
|
Tōji |
| Kyōto Municipal Subway |
| Karasuma Line (K11) |
| Gojō (K10) |
- |
Kujō (K12) |
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Stations of the Biwako Line (Tokaido Line, Hokuriku Line) |
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