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Fushimi Station (Kyoto)

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Operated by
  
Kintetsu Railway

Address
  
Japan

Line(s)
  
Kyoto Line

Opened
  
1928

Fushimi Station (Kyoto)

Location
  
Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan

Similar
  
Kintetsu‑Tambabashi Station, Tambabashi Station, Takeda Station, Sumizome Station, Momoyamagoryō‑mae Station

Fushimi Station (伏見駅, Fushimi-eki) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Kyoto Line located in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan.

Contents

Lines

  • Kintetsu Railway
  • Kyoto Line

    • Building

    The elevated station has two side platforms with two tracks.

    History

    The location of the station was a site of former Fushimi Station on the government-run Nara Line railway. Since a reroute of the Nara Line to the present route (via Inari Station) in 1921, Fushimi Station had been a terminal of a freight branch until its closure about two months before the opening of the present station.

  • September 5, 1895 - The station opens as a station of Nara Railway
  • February 7, 1905 - Nara Railway merges into Kansai Railway
  • October 1, 1907 - Kansai Railway is nationalized
  • August 1, 1921 - The line between Kyoto and Fushimi closes; Fushimi Station survives as a freight station
  • September 3, 1928 - The freight line between Fushimi and Momoyama closes and Fushimi Station closes
  • November 15, 1928 - The station opens as a station of Nara Electric Railroad
  • October 1, 1963 - NER merges and the station becomes part of Kintetsu

    • References

    Fushimi Station (Kyoto) Wikipedia
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