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located in the city of

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, Kyoto Prefecture,

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. It is operated by the

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(JR West). Mukōmachi Station is one of three railway stations in the city of Mukō; the others are and stations on the

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Lines

Mukōmachi Station is served by trains of the JR Kyoto Line (

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). Only local trains stop at this station except for special rapid service trains which stop in the morning. The station is 6.4 km to Kyoto Station, 36.4 km to

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and 520.0 km to Tokyo Station.

Station facilities

The track runs north to south and the station building stands west of the tracks. On the tracks there are two

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s, which are connected by a footbridge. Tracks No. 2 and 3 are for passenger use, with Tracks No. 1 and 4 fenced off as all trains on the outer tracks pass through this station without stopping. The station is staffed.

History

Mukōmachi Station opened on 28 July 1876, as the first railway station in Kyoto Prefecture when the nation's second-oldest railway line connecting Osaka and Kobe was first extended towards Kyoto. The location of the station was a crossing point of the railway and the to Kyoto. The railway once terminated at Mukōmachi was extended to the temporary station of Kyoto on 5 September 1876. Mukōmachi was the name of the predecessor

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of the city of Mukō. When Mukō become a

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in 1972, the two Hankyu stations were renamed from Nishi-Mukōmachi and Higashi-Mukōmachi respectively, but the name of JNR station was not changed. Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Mukōmachi being assigned station number JR-A34.

Passenger statistics

According to the Kyoto Prefecture statistical book, in fiscal 2019 the station was used by an average of 7994 passengers per day.Kyoto Prefecture Statistical Yearbook

Environs

South of the station is the large train yard called ''Kyoto Sōgō Untensho'', a base of passenger trains of West Japan Railway. Higashi-Mukō Station of the Hankyu Kyoto Line is located about 0.5 km southwest of the station. A free bus service connects the station to Mukōmachi Keirinjō bicycle racecourse when keirin races are held there.

Adjacent stations

References

External links

Mukōmachi Station
(JR West official site) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mukomachi Station Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture Tōkaidō Main Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1876 Mukō