- Shijō Station (Keihan)
nihongo|Shijō Station|四条駅|Shijō-eki is a
train station on theKeihan Main Line ofKeihan Electric Railway . It is located in Higashiyama-ku,Kyoto ,Japan .The station was named after Shijō Street as it is located where the railway along the bank of the
Kamo River crosses Shijō Street. There are two stations along Shijō Street named Shijō; the other is on theKarasuma Line subway.The station is scheduled to be renamed as nihongo|Gion-Shijō Station|祇園四条駅 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 openOctober 19 ,2008 )]Trains served
All types of passenger trains, from local to K-Limited Express, stop at the station.
Layout
The station in a
double track section has one undergroundisland 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 27 ,1915 . The tracks and the station facilities were moved to the underground onMay 24 ,1987 .Around the station
*
Yasaka Shrine
*Gion
*Miyagawachō
*Pontochō
* Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto LineExternal links
* [http://www.okeihan.net/eki/detail.php?station_no=39 Okeihan.net entry on Shijō Station by Keihan Electric Railway]
References
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