Nijō Station (二条駅, Nijō-eki) is a train station in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)Kyoto Municipal SubwayTōzai Line (Station Number: T15)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 Nijo-jo castle. The building was dismantled and rebuilt at the Kyoto Railway Museum (then called the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum) in 1996.
Subway station has one underground island platform with two tracks, separated by platform screen doors.
Nijō Station opened on February 15, 1897 and was the terminus of the Kyoto Railway (present-day San'in Main Line) until April 27 of the same year. The Tōzai Line subway opened on October 12, 1997.
Kyoto City BusRoute 66 for Katsura-eki-higashiguchiAirport limousinefor Osaka International Airport (Osaka Airport Transport Co., Ltd.)for Kansai International Airport (Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise Co., Ltd.)Kyoto City BusRoute 6 for Shijo Omiya / for Bukkyo University and GentakuRoute 15 for Shijo Kawaramachi and Sanjo Keihan via Oike Street / for Emmachi and Ritsumeikan UniversityRoute 46 for Gion and Heian Shrine / for Kamigamo Shrine via Sembon StreetRoute 55 for Shijo Omiya and Shijo Karasuma / for Kitano Tenman-gu and Ritsumeikan UniversityRoute 66 for Katsura-eki-higashiguchi / for Nijo-eki-nishiguchiRoute 201 for Mibu and Gion / for Sembon Imadegawa and Hyakuman-benRoute 206 for Nanajo Omiya and Kyoto Station / for Sembon Kitaoji and Kitaoji Bus TerminalRapid buses for Bukkyo University / Rapid buses for Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto Bus Co., Ltd.Route 61 for Arashiyama and Daikaku-ji via Marutamachi Street and Kyoto Studio Park / for Sanjo Keihan via Shijo KawaramachiRoute 62 for Arashiyama and Kiyotaki via Marutamachi Street and Kyoto Studio Park / for Sanjo Keihan via Horikawa Oike (Nijo Castle), Karasuma Oike and Shijo KawaramachiRoute 63 for Arashiyama, Koke-dera and Suzumushi-dera via Marutamachi Street and Kyoto Studio Park / for Sanjo Keihan via Shijo KawaramachiRoute 65 for Arashiyama and Arisugawa via Marutamachi Street and Kyoto Studio ParkWest JR Bus Companyfor Kyoto Station / for Toganoo and Shuzan 