is a train station in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Lines
Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)
(Station Number: T15)
Layout JR West
The station has one elevated island platform between two tracks. The station building was designed by Urabesekkei, an architectural firm based in Osaka. Prior to the platform elevation, the station was only accessible from the east (Sembon Street side), but the station renovation made it accessible from both the east and west sides.
The design elements of the former station building were evocative of nearby Nijō Castle. The building was dismantled and rebuilt at the Kyoto Railway Museum (then called the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum) in 1996.
Kyoto Subway
Subway station has one underground island platform with two tracks, separated by platform screen doors.
History Nijō Station opened on 15 February 1897 and was the terminus of the Kyoto Railway (present-day San'in Main Line) until 27 April of the same year. The original station building was moved to its current location at the Kyoto Railway Museum on 1 April 1996. The Tōzai Line subway opened on 12 October 1997. The Tōzai line was extended to the Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station on 16 January 2008.
Station numbering was introduced to the JR West platforms in March 2018 with Nijō being assigned station number JR-E04.
Ridership +Daily Average, Nijō Subway StationYearBoarding PassengersArriving PassengersTotal20138,8028,36417,16620149,2028,74517,94720159,6249,14318,76720169,9859,48619,471201710,2819,76720,048
Surrounding area
East Side The Shinsenen and the Nijō Castle are within walking distance, however in case of traveling via subway, the adjacent station of Nijōjō-mae is closer.
Ritsumeikan University Nijō Campus. Bukkyo University Nijō Campus. Senbon Street Life Supermarket Nijo Station Store
West Side
BiVi Nijō.
Buses
Nijo-eki-nishiguchi Kyoto City Bus Route 66 for 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 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 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), 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
References
External links
Nijō Station page from JR West website Nijō Station page from Kyoto city website