Tōji Station

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Tōji Station (東寺駅, Tōji-eki^?) is a railway station on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The station provides access to Tō-ji, a nearby Buddhist temple famous for its large pagoda.

Kintetsu Kyoto Line & Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line
Legend Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line to Kokusai-Kaikan Kyoto Tōji Kujō Jūjō (Kintetsu) Jūjō (Kyoto Subway) Kamitobaguchi Kuinabashi Takeda Kyoto line to Yamato-Saidaiji

Contents 1 Lines 2 Building 2.1 Platforms 3 History 4 Adjacent stations

[edit] Lines

• Kintetsu Corporation
  • Kyoto Line

[edit] Building

The station has 2 side platforms and 2 tracks.

[edit] Platforms

1	■Kintetsu Kyoto Line	Southbound (For Kintetsu Tambabashi, Shin-Tanabe, and Yamato-Saidaiji)
2	■Kintetsu Kyoto Line	Northbound (For Kyoto)

[edit] History

• 1928 - The station opens as a station of Nara Electric Railroad
• 1938 - The station is moved 100m towards Yamato-Saidaiji, and becomes elevated.
• 1963 - NER merges and the station becomes part of Kintetsu
• 2007 - Starts using PiTaPa

[edit] Adjacent stations

«		Service		»
Kintetsu Kyoto Line
Kyoto		Express (急行)		Takeda
Kyoto		Semi-Express (準急)		Takeda
Kyoto		Local (普通)		Jūjō

v • d • e Stations of the Kintetsu Kyoto Line Kyoto • Tōji • Jūjō • Kamitobaguchi • Takeda • Fushimi • Tambabashi • Momoyamagoryō-mae • Mukaijima • Ogura • Iseda • Ōkubo • Kutsukawa • Terada • Tonoshō • Shin-Tanabe • Kōdo • Miyamaki • Miyazu • Komada • Shin-Hōsono • Kizugawadai • Yamadagawa • Takanohara • Heijō • Yamato-Saidaiji ( >> Nara Line • Kashihara Line)

Coordinates: 34°58′47.6″N 135°45′9.48″E / 34.979889, 135.7526333