Tōji Station

ConstructionStructure typeElevatedOther informationStation codeB02WebsiteOfficialHistoryOpened3 November 1928; 95 years ago (3 November 1928)PassengersFY2015^[1]2.6 million^{[citation needed]} Services

Preceding station	Kintetsu Railway			Following station
Kyōto Terminus		Kyoto Line		Jūjō towards Yamato-Saidaiji
		Kyoto/Kashihara Line		Jūjō towards Kashiharajingū-mae

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Karasuma Line towards Kokusaikaikan Kyōto Tōji Kujō Jūjō Jūjō Kamitobaguchi Kamo River Kuinabashi Takeda Kyoto Line towards Yamato-Saidaiji

Tōji Station (東寺駅, Tōji-eki) is a railway station on the Kyoto Line of the Kintetsu Railway located in Minami-ku in Kyoto, Japan.

The station provides access to Tō-ji, a nearby Buddhist temple famous^{[according to whom?]} for its large pagoda.

Layout

The station has two side platforms serving a track each.^[2]

1	■ Kyoto Line	for Tambabashi, Shin-Tanabe, Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara, Tenri and Kashiharajingu-mae
2	■ Kyoto Line	to Kyoto

History

The station opened in 1928 as a station of Nara Electric Railroad. In 1938, the station was moved 100 metres (330 ft) towards Yamato-Saidaiji, and became an elevated station. Nara Electric Railroad merged with Kintetsu in 1963. In 2007, the station started using PiTaPa.

Around the station

• Tōji Temple
• Kyoto Computer Gakuin

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)
Kyoto		Local		Jūjō
Kyoto		Semi-Express (only weekday mornings)		Takeda
Kyoto		Express		Takeda

References

External links

• Station Facilities and Service
• Station Map