Nijō Station (Kyoto)

Nijō Station 二条駅
Location
Prefecture	Kyoto (See other stations in Kyoto)
City	Kyoto
Ward	Nakagyō
Neighborhood etc.	Nishinokyo Toganoocho
Postal Code	604-8415
(in Japanese)	京都市中京区西ノ京栂尾町
Rail services
Operator(s)	West Japan Railway Company Kyoto Municipal Subway
Small bus terminal at this station

Nijō Station (二条駅, Nijō-eki) is a train station in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

• Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)

• Kyoto Municipal Subway

• Tōzai Line (Station Number: T15)

Layout

JR West

JR West
Nijō Station 二条駅
Nijō Station, May 2006
Location
Prefecture	Kyoto
City	Kyoto
Ward	Nakagyō
Neighborhood etc.	3, Nishinokyo Toganoocho
Coordinates	35°0′39.51″N 135°44′30.1″E
Postal Code	604-8415
(in Japanese)	京都市中京区西ノ京栂尾町3
History
Year opened	1897
Rail services
Operator(s)	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line)

JR's station has one elevated island platform with two tracks. The station building is designed by Urabesekkei, a architect company based in Osaka. Before the elevation, passengers could enter the station only from the east (Sembon Street side), but people are able to enter from both sides, the west and the east.

When the station was located on the ground, there was a building which was suggestive oof the magnificent temple. The building was renstructed at Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in 1996.

1	■Sagano Line	for Kyoto
2	■Sagano Line	for Kameoka, Sonobe and Fukuchiyama

Former Nijō Station building now at Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum

Kyoto Subway

Kyoto Municipal Subway
Nijō Station 二条駅
Location
Prefecture	Kyoto
City	Kyoto
Ward	Nakagyō
Neighborhood etc.	3, Nishinokyo Toganoocho
Coordinates	35°0′42.76″N 135°44′28.73″E
Postal Code	604-8415
(in Japanese)	京都市中京区西ノ京栂尾町3
History
Year opened	1997
Rail services
Station number(s)	T15
Operator(s)	Kyoto Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Tōzai Line

Subway station has one underground island platform with two tracks, separated by platform screen doors.

1	■Tōzai Line	for Uzumasa Tenjingawa
2	■Tōzai Line	for Karasuma Oike, Rokujizo and Hamaotsu

Buses

Nijo-eki-nishiguchi

Kyoto City Bus

• Route 66 for Katsura-eki-higashiguchi

Airport limousine

• for Osaka International Airport (Osaka Airport Transport Co., Ltd.)
• for Kansai International Airport (Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co., Ltd.)

Nijo-ekimae

Kyoto City Bus

• Route 6 for Shijo Omiya / for Bukkyo University and Gentaku
• Route 15 for Shijo Kawaramachi and Sanjo Keihan via Oike Street / for Emmachi and Ritsumeikan University
• Route 46 for Gion and Heian Shrine / for Kamigamo Shrine via Sembon Street
• Route 55 for Shijo Omiya and Shijo Karasuma / for Kitano Tenman-gu and Ritsumeikan University
• Route 66 for Katsura-eki-higashiguchi / for Nijo-eki-nishiguchi
• Route 201 for Mibu and Gion / for Sembon Imadegawa and Hyakuman-ben
• Route 206 for Nanajo Omiya and Kyoto Station / for Sembon Kitaoji and Kitaoji Bus Terminal
• Rapid buses for Bukkyo University / Rapid buses for Ritsumeikan University

Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.

• Route 61 for Arashiyama and Daikaku-ji via Marutamachi Street and Kyoto Studio Park / for Sanjo Keihan via Shijo Kawaramachi
• Route 62 for Arashiyama and Kiyotaki via Marutamachi Street and Kyoto Studio Park / for Sanjo Keihan via Horikawa Oike (Nijo Castle), Karasuma Oike and Shijo Kawaramachi
• Route 63 for Arashiyama, Koke-dera and Suzumushi-dera via Marutamachi Street and Kyoto Studio Park / for Sanjo Keihan via Shijo Kawaramachi
• Route 65 for Arashiyama and Arisugawa via Marutamachi Street and Kyoto Studio Park

West JR Bus Company

• for Kyoto Station / for Toganoo and Shuzan

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)
Tambaguchi		Local		Emmachi
Kyoto		Rapid		Emmachi
Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line (T15)
Nijōjō-mae (T14)		-	Nishiōji Oike (T16)

External links

• (Japanese) Nijō Station page from JR West website
• (Japanese) Nijō Station page from Kyoto city website