Connections Bus terminal Opened 2008 | Address Japan | |
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Location 6-7, Kuze Takadacho, Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto
（京都市南区久世高田町6-7）
Japan Operated by West Japan Railway Company Line(s) Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) Similar Rakusaiguchi Station, Katsura Station, Mukōmachi Station, Nishiōji Station, Higashi‑Mukō Station | ||
Katsuragawa Station (桂川駅, Katsuragawa-eki) is a railway station located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan, on the JR Kyoto Line operated by JR West. It opened on October 18, 2008. Katsuragawa is between Nishiōji and Mukōmachi Stations, west of the bridges over the Katsura River (Katsuragawa in Japanese).
The station on a four-track section has a single island platform between center two tracks. It serves trains 12 cars long. An overhead bridge provides access to the platform, as well as unrestricted passage from one side of the station to the other. Facilities include elevators, escalators, and multipurpose toilets.
The station serves the nearby Japan Ground Self-Defense Force base at Katsura. Passengers can access Rakusaiguchi Station on the Hankyū Kyoto Main Line, about 600 m distant.
Surroundings
Aeon Mall Kyoto Katsuragawa, an Aeon Group shopping mall with 214,000-square-meter floor space is located next to the station and connected to the station with a walk bridge.