
is a
train station
A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing suc ...
on the
Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in
Shimogyo-ku,
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
.
The station is located beneath
Karasuma Street, at the intersection with
Shijō Street. The underground concourse of Shijō Station is connected with the underground concourse of
Karasuma Station on the
Hankyu Kyoto Line under Shijō Street.
Lines
*
** (Station Number: K09)
Layout
The station has an
island platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
serving two tracks.
References
Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1981
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