Karasuma Oike Station
Karasuma Oike Station (烏丸御池駅, Karasuma Oike-eki, formerly named Oike Station (御池駅, Oike-eki) until May 21, 1997) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line and Tōzai Line in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Karasuma line platforms, 2021
K08 T13 Karasuma Oike Station 烏丸御池駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Interior of the Tōzai station in November 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nakagyō, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Kyoto Municipal Subway | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | K08, T13 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 29 May 1981 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Oike (until 1997) | |||||||||||||||
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| FY2016 | 46,194 daily[1] | |||||||||||||||
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Lines
- Kyoto Municipal Subway
Karasuma Line (Station Number: K08)
Tōzai Line (Station Number: T13)
Layout
The station is the transferring station operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau under Karasuma Oike Intersection on Karasuma Street and Oike Street. The two side platforms with two tracks for the Karasuma Line are located under the ticket gate floor, and the island platform with two tracks for the Tōzai Line is located under the Karasuma Line.
- Karasuma Line
| 1 | ■ Karasuma Line | for Kyōto, Takeda and Kintetsu Kyoto Line (Shin-Tanabe, Nara) |
| 2 | ■ Karasuma Line | for Imadegawa, Kitaōji and Kokusaikaikan |
- Tōzai Line
| 1 | ■ Tōzai Line | for Nijō and Uzumasa Tenjingawa |
| 2 | ■ Tōzai Line | for Misasagi, Rokujizō and (Keihan Railway Keishin Line) Hamaōtsu |
Surroundings
Station entrance, August 2007
- Ace Hotel Kyoto[2]
- Adachi Hospital
- Hello Work Plaza Karasuma Oike
- Karasuma Oike Intersection
- Kyoto International Manga Museum
- The Museum of Kyoto
- Nakagyo-ku Post Office
- NHK Kyoto Broadcast Station
- Nichicon Corporation
- ShinPuhKan mall[3]
History
- May 29, 1981 - Oike Station was opened on the same day as the opening of the Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line from Kitaoji to Kyoto.
- August 28, 1988 - Through service to and from the Kintetsu Kyoto Line started.
- May 22, 1997 - Oike Station was renamed Karasuma-Oike Station to prepare to connect to the Tozai Line from Daigo to Nijo.
- October 12, 1997 - The Tozai Line was opened.
- April 1, 2007 - PiTaPa service started.
- January 16, 2008 - Through service to and from the Keihan Railway Keishin Line started on the same day as the extension of the Tozai Line from Nijo to Uzumasa Tenjingawa.
- May 16, 2011 - Underground shopping area Kotochika Oike opened.[4]
References
- "京都市交通事業白書" (PDF) (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
- "Kyoto "SHIN-PUH-KAN Redevelopment Project" Hotel Branding Announced". NTT Urban Development. 6 April 2018.
- "Kyoto ShinPuhKan: Food, Shopping, and a Hotel - Where Do You Go First?!". Live Japan. 27 August 2020.
- "「Ｋｏｔｏｃｈｉｋａ（コトチカ）御池」の開業について" (PDF). 京都交通局. April 19, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
Stations of the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line | ||
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Stations of the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line | ||
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