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Tōfukuji Station 東福寺駅
The entrance gate of Tōfukuji Station in January 2013
General information
Location	224, Honmachi 12-chōme, Higashiyama, Kyoto (京都市東山区本町十二丁目224) Kyoto Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	34°58′52.34″N 135°46′12.65″E / 34.9812056°N 135.7701806°E / 34.9812056; 135.7701806
Operated by	Keihan Railway JR West
Line(s)	Keihan Main Line Nara Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	JR-D02  (JR West)
History
Opened	15 April 1910
Passengers
FY2015	6.8 million (Keihan) 7.0 million (JR West)
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Kyōtotowards Kyoto Nara LineLocal Inaritowards Nara
Location Tōfukuji StationLocation within Kyoto PrefectureShow map of Kyoto PrefectureTōfukuji StationTōfukuji Station (Japan)Show map of Japan

Tōfukuji Station (東福寺駅, Tōfukuji-eki) is a railway station located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It serves both the Keihan Main Line and the JR West Nara Line, with passengers able to transfer directly between services. It has the Keihan station number "KH36", and the JR West station number "JR-D02".

Lines

• Keihan Electric Railway
  • Keihan Main Line
• West Japan Railway Company
  • Nara Line

Layout

The station is at ground level. The Keihan and JR sections have two side platforms each. The Demachiyanagi-bound platform for Keihan tracks and the Nara-bound platform for JR tracks are on the same structure, but are separated by a wall. On November 6, 2011, ticket gates for transferring between services were opened between these platforms, which can be used from 7am until 7pm. Outside of these hours, passengers must walk on a bridge between the platforms.

Keihan Railway

JR West

Passenger statistics

The Keihan station was used by 14,442 passengers per day and the JR West station was used by 16,055 passengers per day in fiscal year 2012. According to the Kyoto City statistics and Kyoto Prefecture statistics, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.

History

The station opened on 15 April 1910, when operation on the Keihan Main Line began. The station initially only served Keihan trains; the track of the Nara Line, then operated by JNR, ran next to the station, and a JNR station was not built until 27 December 1957. At the time, the Nara Line was single-tracked, and the JNR station had only one platform. A passing loop and a second platform was completed in July 1994. This section of the Nara Line was double-tracked in March 2001.

Station numbering was introduced to the JR West station in March 2018 with Tōfukuji being assigned station number JR-D02.

Adjacent stations

References

1. ^ 第8章 都市施設 [Chapter 8: Urban facilities]. 京都市統計書 [Statistics of Kyoto City] (in Japanese). City of Kyoto. 2017.
2. Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (March 6, 2020). "Station map" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
3. Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 351. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. West Japan Railway Company (March 2014). "奈良線第2期複線化事業（JR藤森～宇治・新田～城陽・山城多賀～玉水間複線化）環境影響評価方法書" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
5. "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
6. "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

External links

• JR West station information (in Japanese)
• Keihan station information (in Japanese)

• Stations of Keihan Electric Railway
• Stations of West Japan Railway Company
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1910
• Railway stations in Kyoto