is a passenger

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located in the city of

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, Kyoto Prefecture,

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. It is operated by the private railway operator

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Lines

Nishi-Mukō Station is served by the

Hankyu Kyoto Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Osaka-umeda Station in Osaka and Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto. Definition The Kyoto Main Line is often called the for short, and in a br ...

, and is located 33.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 36.0 kilometers from .

Layout

The station has two

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s serving two tracks, connected by an underground passage. This underground passage also functions as a general road connecting both sides of the station, and a partition in the center of the road separates the inside and outside of the station.

History

The station opened as Nishi-Mukōmachi Station on November 1, 1928, the day the Shinkeihan Line (present-day Hankyu Kyoto Main Line) was extended from to . On October 1, 1972 when the town of Mukō (Mukō-machi in Japanese) became a city (Mukō-shi in Japanese), the station name was changed to the current one. In 1978 when the underground passage of the station was constructed, an archaeological excavation at the station found some ruins of

Nagaoka-kyō was the capital of Japan from 784 to 794. Its location was reported as Otokuni District, Yamashiro Province, and Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, which took its name from the capital. Parts of the capital were in what is now the city of Nagaokakyō, while ...

, the capital city of Japan from 784 to 794, and earlier period. Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-78.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,493 passengers daily大阪府統計年鑑（令和2年）
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Surrounding area

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishi-Muko Station Hankyu Kyoto Main Line Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1928 Mukō