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Karasuma Oike Station

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Operated by
  
Kyoto Municipal Subway

Previous names
  
Oike (until 1997)

Opened
  
1981

Station code
  
K08, T13

Address
  
Japan

Phone
  
+81 75-221-3193

Karasuma Oike Station

Location
  
Nakagyō, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan

Line(s)
  
Karasuma Line Tōzai Line

Similar
  
Karasuma Station, Shijō Station, Marutamachi Station, Kyoto Shiyakusho‑mae Station, Shijō Street

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Karasuma Oike Station (烏丸御池駅, Karasuma Oike-eki, named Oike Station (御池駅, Oike-eki) until May 21, 1997) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line and Tōzai Line in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Contents

Lines

  • Kyoto Municipal Subway
  • Karasuma Line (Station Number: K08)
  • Tōzai Line (Station Number: T13)

    • Layout

    The station is the transferring station operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau under Karasuma Oike Intersection on Karasuma-dori and Oike-dori. The two side platforms with two tracks for the Karasuma Line are located under the ticket gate floor, and the island platform with two tracks for the Tōzai Line is located under the Karasuma Line.

    Karasuma Line
    Tōzai Line

    Surroundings

  • Kyoto International Manga Museum
  • the Museum of Kyoto
  • Nichicon Corporation
  • Adachi Hospital

    • History

  • May 29, 1981 - Oike Station was opened on the same day as the opening of the Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line from Kitaoji to Kyoto.
  • August 28, 1988 - Through service to and from the Kintetsu Kyoto Line started.
  • May 22, 1997 - Oike Station was renamed Karasuma-Oike Station to prepare to connect to the Tozai Line from Daigo to Nijo.
  • October 12, 1997 - The Tozai Line was opened.
  • April 1, 2007 - PiTaPa service started.
  • January 16, 2008 - Through service to and from the Keihan Railway Keishin Line started on the same day as the extension of the Tozai Line from Nijo to Uzumasa Tenjingawa.

    • References

    Karasuma Oike Station Wikipedia
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