Takeda Station (Kyoto)

Takeda Station (竹田駅, Takeda-eki) is a railway station in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The station is managed by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau which controls the municipal Karasuma Line subway.

Takeda Station 竹田駅
East side
Location	Takeda Okenoicho, Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto （京都市伏見区竹田桶ノ井町） Japan
Coordinates	34°57′24.82″N 135°45′22.01″E
Operated by	Kyoto Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Karasuma Line Kintetsu Kyoto Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	B05 (Kintetsu) K15 (Kyoto Municipal Subway)
Website	Kintetsu
History
Opened	1928
Previous names	Jōnangū-mae (until 1940)
Passengers
17.8 million (Kintetsu, FY2015)[1] 51,649 daily (Subway, FY2016)[2]
Location
Takeda Station Location within Kyoto city Takeda Station Takeda Station (Japan)

Stations between Kyoto and Takeda
Kyōto Tōji / Kujō Jūjō / Jūjō Kamitobaguchi Kamo River Kuinabashi Takeda

Lines

The station is a junction of the following two railway lines:

• Kyoto Municipal Subway
  • Karasuma Line
• Kintetsu Railway
  • Kyoto Line

The station is an intermediate station on the former and the southern terminal station of the latter. The two operators jointly provide through services between the two lines.

Layout

The station has two island platforms and four tracks. This is the sole subway station on the ground level in the Kyoto Subway system while all other stations are located underground.[3]

Platforms

1	■ Kintetsu Kyoto Line	from Kyoto on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line for Tambabashi, Shin-Tanabe, Yamato-Saidaiji, and Nara
2	■ Kintetsu Kyoto Line	from the Karasuma Line for Tambabashi, Shin-Tanabe, Yamato-Saidaiji, and Nara
3	■ Karasuma Line	for Kyoto (Subway), Shijo, and Kokusaikaikan
4	■ Kintetsu Kyoto Line	for Toji and Kyoto (Kintetsu)

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  Platforms and tracks

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line (K15)
Kuinabashi (K14)		-	Fushimi (Local) Kintetsu Tambabashi (Express)
Kintetsu Kyoto Line
Kamitobaguchi Kuinabashi (K14, Karasuma Line)		Local		Fushimi
Tōji		Semi-Express		Kintetsu Tambabashi
Tōji Kuinabashi (K14, Karasuma Line)		Express		Kintetsu Tambabashi

History

The station was opened by the Nara Electric Railway (奈良電気鉄道, Nara Denki Tetsudō) as Jōnangūmae Station (城南宮前駅) on November 15, 1928, when the railway started the operation between Kyoto and Momoyamagoryō-mae stations.[4] On April 1, 1940, the station was renamed Takeda Station. The Nara Electric Railway was merged into the Kintetsu Railway on October 1, 1963, so that the station belonged Kintetsu since then.[5]

On June 11, 1988, when the extension of the Karasuma Line subway was completed[6] the station was moved to its current site where is about 350 meters north of the original location and was expanded to serve both Kintetsu and subway lines. At this time the station was handed from Kintetsu to the transportation bureau.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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.
2. "京都市交通事業白書" (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau.
3. "Station Map". Arukumachi KYOTO Route Planner. City of Kyoto. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
4. "鉄軌道線の推移 大正15年4月～昭和6年3月" [April 1926 – March 1931] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Railway.
5. "鉄軌道線の推移 昭和36年4月～昭和47年3月" [April 1961 – March 1972] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kintetsu Railway.
6. "京都市交通局：地下鉄のあゆみと概要". www.city.kyoto.lg.jp. Retrieved 2019-04-28.

External links

• Station Facilities and Service
• Station Map