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Tōji Station

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Operated by
  
Kintetsu Railway

Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
1928

Line(s)
  
Kyoto Line

Address
  
Japan

Tōji Station

Location
  
39, Nishi-Kujo Zaocho, Minami, Kyoto, Kyoto （京都市南区西九条蔵王町39） Japan

Similar
  
Kujō Station, Jūjō Station, Tō‑ji, Nishiōji Station, Kamitobaguchi Station

Tōji Station (東寺駅, Tōji-eki) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Kyoto Line located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The station provides access to Tō-ji, a nearby Buddhist temple famous for its large pagoda.

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Layout

The station has two side platforms serving a track each.

Around the station

Tōji Temple

History

  • 1928 - The station opens as a station of Nara Electric Railroad
  • 1938 - The station is moved 100m towards Yamato-Saidaiji, and becomes elevated.
  • 1963 - NER merges and the station becomes part of Kintetsu
  • 2007 - Starts using PiTaPa

    • References

    Tōji Station Wikipedia
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