Marutamachi Station (Keihan)

is a railway station on the Keihan Ōtō Line located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

The station was named after Marutamachi Street as it is located where the railway beneath Kawabata Street crosses Marutamachi Street. This is the second station along Marutamachi Street named Marutamachi; the other is on the Karasuma Line subway.

The station is scheduled to be renamed as nihongo|Jingū-Marutamachi Station|神宮丸太町駅 on October 19, 2008, the date of opening of the Nakanoshima Line. [cite web|url=http://www.keihan.co.jp/news/data_h19/2007-11-06-01.pdf|title=京都市内の京阪線3駅の駅名を変更します|language=Japanese|author=Keihan Electric Railway|date=November 6, 2007|accessyear=2007|accessdate=November 6] [cite web|url=http://nakanoshima-line.jp/part/about/index.html|title=中之島線とは？|language=Japanese|author=Keihan Electric Railway|accessdate=2008-06-22 (Nakanoshima Line to open October 19, 2008)]

Trains served

Local, sub-express and express trains of the Ōtō Line, most of which continue to the Keihan Main Line, stop at the station while limited express trains pass.

Layout

The station in a double track section has one underground island platform with two tracks. Stairs, escalators and elevators connect the platform on the second basement to the first basement concourse and then to the ground level.

History

The station opened on October 5, 1989 when the Ōtō Line started operation.

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