Keage Station

Keage Station 蹴上駅
Keage Station entrance No. 2, December 2007
Location	Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan
Coordinates	35°00′28″N 135°47′25″E / 35.0078°N 135.7902°ECoordinates: 35°00′28″N 135°47′25″E / 35.0078°N 135.7902°E
Operated by	Kyoto Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Tōzai Line
Other information
Station code	T-09
History
Opened	1997

Keage Station (蹴上駅 Keage-eki) is a train station in Higashiyama-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is the closest subway station to Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji temple.

Lines

• Kyoto Municipal Subway

• Tōzai Line (Station Number: T09)

Layout

The underground station has one island platform serving two tracks. Track No. 1 is for trains bound for Uzumasa Tenjingawa and Track No. 2 is for trains bound for Rokujizō and Hama-Ōtsu.^[1]

History

Keage Station of Keishin Line in 1997

The station opened on October 12, 1997 when the first section of the Tōzai Line opened.^[1]

Until the day before the opening of the Tōzai Line, Keage Station on the Keihan Keishin Line on the street served the area from the beginning of the Keishin Line on August 15, 1912.^[2]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tōzai Line (T09)
Misasagi (T08)		-	Higashiyama (T10)

References

1. "東西線 蹴上駅 駅情報". Retrieved February 2, 2014.
2. Takayama, Reizō. 京阪大津線の80年 [Eighty Years of the Keihan Ōtsu Lines]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. 553 (December 1991 Extra): 112.