Demachiyanagi Station

Demachiyanagi Station 出町柳駅
The Demachiyanagi Station building
General information
Location	Sakyo, Kyoto, Kyoto （京都市左京区） Japan
Coordinates	35°1′49″N 135°46′22″E
Operated by	Eizan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Connections	Bus terminal

Demachiyanagi Station (出町柳駅, Demachiyanagi-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keihan Electric Railway, located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto. It serves as the northern terminus for the Ōtō Line and the southern terminus for the Main Line of the Eizan Electric Railway.

The name "Demachiyanagi" is the combined name of "Demachi" district around the Kawaramachi-Imadegawa intersection on the west side of Kamo River, and "Yanagi" district around the east side, which surrounds the station.

Lines

• Eizan Electric Railway (Eiden)
  • Eizan Main Line (station number: E01)
• Keihan Electric Railway
  • Ōtō Line

Layout

The station is separated into two sections: the ground-level Eiden station and the underground Keihan station. Tracks of the two lines are not connected.

Eizan Railway

Demachiyanagi Station 出町柳駅
Eizan Electric Railway station
General information
Location	32-1, Tanaka Kamiyanagicho, Sakyo, Kyoto, Kyoto （京都市左京区田中上柳町32-1） Japan
Operated by	Eizan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Eizan Main Line
Other information
Station code	E01
History
Opened	1925
Passengers
FY2015[1]	5.5 million

There are 4 dead-end platforms with 3 tracks on the ground with bus station and the entrance of Keihan Railway, along Kawabata Dori.

1	■ Eizan Main Line	for Yase-Hieizanguchi (side)
(1, 2)	■ exit	(island)
2, 3	■ Kurama Line	for Nikenchaya and Kurama (island)
(3)	■ exit	(side)

Keihan Railway

Demachiyanagi Station 出町柳駅
Keihan Railway station
General information
Location	Kamo-ohashi Higashizume, Sakyo, Kyoto, Kyoto （京都市下京区賀茂大橋東詰） Japan
Operated by	Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Line(s)	Oto Line
History
Opened	1989
Passengers
FY2015[1]	16.6 million

The station owned by Keihan Railway is located under Kawabata Dori. There is an island platform with 2 tracks under the ticket gates. There are ticket gates in the north and the south. The north one is called "Eiden Gate" and the south one is "Imadegawa Gate".

Eizan Railway and the north side of Imadegawa Dori is connected with the Eiden Gate, and the south side of Imadegawa Dori is with the Imadegawa Gate

1, 2

■ Oto Line, Keihan Main Line

for Chushojima, Hirakatashi, Yodoyabashi, and Nakanoshima

• Limited express trains usually depart from Track (Platform) 2.

Surroundings

East side of Kamo River and Takano River

• Yoshida Shrine
• Hyakuman-ben Chion-ji
• Kyoto University Yoshida Campus
• Kyoto Computer Gakuin
• The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics
• Sakyo-ku General Building, Ktoyo

West side of Kamo River and Takano River

• Kamo Mioya Shrine (Shimogamo Shrine)
• Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus
• Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Imadegawa Campus
• Kyoto Imperial Palace

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Eizan Railway Eizan Main Line (E01)
Kurama Line (E01)
Terminus		-		Mototanaka (E02)
Keihan Railway
Ōtō Line
Jingū-Marutamachi		Local		Terminus
Jingū-Marutamachi		Sub Express Commuter Sub Express (starting, weekday mornings)		Terminus
Jingū-Marutamachi		Express		Terminus
Sanjō		Rapid Express Commuter Rapid Express (starting for Nakanoshima, weekday mornings)		Terminus
Sanjō		Limited Express		Terminus
Sanjō		Rapid Limited Express (on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays during the tourist seasons and new year period)		Terminus

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. 2017.

External links

• Station map by Keihan Railway Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine