Kitaōji Station
{{short description|Metro station in Kyoto, Japan}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = {{KTSN|K|04|size=50}}
Kitaōji Station
| native_name = 北大路駅
| native_name_lang = ja
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| image = Kitaoji-Town-01.jpg
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| caption = Kitaōji Town commercial complex above the station
| address = Kita-ku, Kyoto
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| country = Japan
| coordinates =
| owned = Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
| operator = {{ric|Kyoto Municipal Subway|name=y}}
| line = {{ric|Kyoto Municipal Subway|k|name=y}}
| distance =
| platforms = 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
| train_operators =
| connections = Bus terminal
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| bicycle =
| accessible =
| code = K04
| zone =
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| opened = {{Start date and age|1981|05|29|df=}}
| closed =
| passengers = {{wikidata|property|P1373}} daily{{cite web|title = 産業交通水道委員会資料 陳情第81号|url = http://www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/shikai/img/iinkai/sangyokousui/H29/data/291025koutsu-chinjo1.pdf|publisher = Kyoto City Assembly|date = 25 October 2017|language = ja}}
| pass_year = FY2016
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| map_type = Japan Kyoto#Japan
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Kyoto Municipal Subway|line1=k
|left1=Kuramaguchi |right1=Kitayama |note-left={{KTSN|K|05|size=30}}|note-right={{KTSN|K|03|size=30}}}}
| map_dot_label = Kitaōji Station
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{{nihongo|Kitaōji Station|北大路駅|Kitaōji-eki|station number: K04}} is a railway station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
History
The station opened on May 29, 1981 when the Karasuma Line started operation between Kitaōji and Kyoto. Until October 24, 1990, the station was the terminus of the line.{{Cite web|url=http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/page/0000026332.html|title=京都市交通局のあゆみ～年表（沿革）～|date=May 29, 2015|author=Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau|accessdate=February 7, 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011011441/http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/page/0000026332.html|archivedate=October 11, 2008}}
Layout
This station has an island platform with two tracks under Karasuma Street.
=Platforms=
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| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|Platforms
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:100px;"|Platform 1 |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:390px;"|{{0|→}} {{ric|Kyoto Municipal Subway|k|name=y}} towards Kyoto, Takeda and Kintetsu Nara → |
| style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, doors will open on the left |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform 2
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{ric|Kyoto Municipal Subway|k|name=y}} towards Kitayama and Kokusaikaikan |
Surroundings
- Kitaōji Town
- Kyoto City Kitaōji Bus Terminal
- Kyoto North Hall
- Kitaoji Vivre
- Otani University
- Ritsumeikan Primary School
- Kyoto Botanical Garden
=Kyoto City Kitaōji Bus Terminal=
- Bus Platform A for Kyoto Sangyo University
- Route 北3 for Kamigamo Shrine and Kyoto Sangyo University
- Non-stop buses to Kyoto Sangyo University
- Bus Platform B for Higashiyama Street and Takano
- Route 204 for Takano and Ginkaku-ji via Shirakawa Street
- Route 206 for Chion-in, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera and Kyoto Station via Higashiyama Street
- Bus Platform C for Kawaramachi Street
- Route 1 for Rakuhoku High School, Shimogamo Shrine and {{STN|Demachiyanagi|x}}
- Route 37 for Shijo Kawaramachi and {{STN|Sanjo Keihan|x}} via Kawaramachi Street
- Route 205 for Rakuhoku High School, Shimogamo Shrine, Shijo Kawaramachi and Kyoto Station
- Bus Platform D for Takano and Shugakuin-michi
- Route 北8 for Takano and Shugakuin-michi
- Bus Platform E for Sembon Kitaoji and Bukkyo University
- Route 1 for Daitoku-ji and Bukkyo University
- Extra route for Bukkyo University
- Route 北1 for Bukkyo University and Gentaku
- Route 37 for Nishigamo Depot via Horikawa Street
- Route 特37 for Omiya Kotsu-koen and Nishigamo Depot
- Bus Platform F for Sembon and Nishioji
- Route 101 Raku Bus for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Kitano Tenman-gu, Nijō Castle and Kyoto Station
- Route 102 Raku Bus for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Kitano Tenman-gu and Ginkaku-ji
- Route 205 for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji and Nishioji Shijo via Nishioji Street
- Route M1 for Haradani
- Route M1 for Ritsumeikan University
- Route 北8 for Bukkyo University and Matsugasaki
- Bus Platform G for Sembon and Nishioji
- Route 204 for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji and Nishinokyo Emmachi via Nishioji Street
- Route 206 for Shijo-Omiya and Kyoto Station via Sembon Street
=Karasuma Kitaōji Intersection =
- Kyoto City Bus (Karasuma Kitaōji)
- Route 1 for Demachiyanagi via Shimogamo Shrine / for Bukkyo University and Nishigamo Depot
- Route 37 for Shijo Kawaramachi and Sanjo Keihan via Kawaramachi Street / for Kitaoji Bus Terminal and Nishigamo Depot
- Route 204 for Takano and Ginkaku-ji via Shirakawa Street / for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji and Nishinokyo Emmachi via Nishioji Street
- Route 205 for Shijo Kawaramachi and Kyoto Station via Kawaramachi Street / for Daitoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji and Nishioji Shijo via Nishioji Street
- Route 206 for Chion-in, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera and Kyoto Station via Higashiyama Street / for Shijo-Omiya, Kyoto Aquarium and Kyoto Station via Sembon Street
- Route 北3 for Kyoto Sangyo University
- Route 北8 for Takano and Shugakuin-michi
- Kyoto Bus (Kitaōji Ekimae)
- Route 30 and Express Route 36 for Demachiyanagi via Izumojibashi
- Route 32 for Hirogawara via Kibuneguchi, Kurama and Hanasetoge / for Demachiyanagi via Takanobashi-higashizume
- Route 34 for Shizuhara and Shiroyama via Kyoto Sangyo University / for Demachiyanagi via Takanobashi-higashizume
- Route 35 for Ichihara via Kyoto Sangyo University / for Demachiyanagi via Takanobashi-higashizume
- Route 45 for Kyoto Station via Karasuma Street / for Iwakura-Muramatsu via Rakuhoku University and Midorogaike
- Route 46 for Iwakura-Muramatsu via Rakuhoku University and Midorogaike
- Kumogahata Bus Mokumoku-go (Kitaōji Ekimae)
- for Kumogahata (2 roundtrips per day, between Kitaoji Ekimae and Kumogahata Iwayabashi)
References
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Category:Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture
Category:Railway stations in Japan opened in 1981
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