Yamashina Station

Yamashina Station 山科駅
File:JRW-YamashinaStation-2.jpg Yamashina Station platform, April 2007
Location	Yamashina, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan
Coordinates
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company Kyoto Municipal Subway Keihan Electric Railway
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Line (Biwako Line) Kosei Line Tōzai Line Keishin Line
Traffic
Passengers (JR West, FY2012 14,976,000 passengers/year (Subway, FY2012) 1,182,000 passengers/year (Keihan, 2012))	23,454,000

Yamashina Station (山科駅, Yamashina-eki) is a train station in Yamashina-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

The station has two separated sections: underground subway section and above-ground JR section. In addition, Keihan Yamashina Station (京阪山科駅, Keihan Yamashina-eki) on the Keishin Line of Keihan Electric Railway is located just in front of the JR station. This article also covers the Keihan station.

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)

• Tōkaidō Line (Biwako Line)
• Kosei Line

• Kyoto Municipal Subway

• Tōzai Line (Station Number: T07)

• Keihan Electric Railway (Keihan Yamashina Station)

• Keishin Line

Layout

Yamashina Station (JR West)

File:KyotoSubwayYamashinaPlatform.jpg

Yamashina subway platform, April 2005

The JR station has two island platforms with four tracks.

1	■ JR Kyōto Line	for Kyoto and Osaka (trains from the Kosei Line, limited express "Biwako Express", part of special rapid service) Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka 3" for Kansai Airport
2	■ JR Kyōto Line	for Kyoto and Osaka (trains from the Biwako Line)
3	■ Biwako Line	for Kusatsu and Maibara (local trains, special rapid service)
	■ Kosei Line	for Katata and Ōmi-Imazu
4	■ Biwako Line	for Kusatsu and Maibara (special rapid service in the morning, limited express "Biwako Express")
	■ through to the Kusatsu Line	for Kusatsu and Kibukawa
	■ Kosei Line	for Katata and Ōmi-Imazu (part of trains in the rush hour)

• This station is an intermideate station on the "Biwako Line", but only the Tokaido Line for Maibara is informed as that common name, and the line for Kyoto and Osaka is as the "JR Kyoto Line". There are trains of the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line between this station and Kyoto.

Yamashina Station (Kyoto Subway Tozai Line)

The subway station has an island platform with two tracks.

1	■ Tōzai Line	for Karasuma Oike and Uzumasa Tenjingawa
2	■ Tōzai Line	for Daigo and Rokujizō

Keihan Yamashina Station (Keihan Keishin Line)

File:Keihan Yamasin sta 001.jpg

Keihan Station platform, November 2007

The Keihan station has two side platforms with two tracks.

north side	■ Keishin Line	for Hamaōtsu Change trains at Hamaotsu for Ishiyamadera and Sakamoto
south side	■ Keishin Line	for Sanjō Keihan, Kyōto Shiyakusho-mae and Uzumasa Tenjingawa Change trains at Sanjo Keihan for the Keihan Line (Demachiyanagi, Osaka (Yodoyabashi, Nakanoshima))

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West) (Yamashina)
Tōkaidō Line (Biwako Line)
Ōtsu		Local		Kyoto
Ōtsu		Special Rapid Service		Kyoto
Kosei Line
Kyoto		Local		Ōtsukyō
Kyoto		Rapid Service		Ōtsukyō
Kyoto		Special Rapid Service		Ōtsukyō
Kyoto Municipal Subway (Yamashina)
Tōzai Line (T07)
Higashino (T06)		-	Misasagi (T08)
Keihan Electric Railway (Keihan Yamashina)
Keishin Line
Misasagi		-	Shinomiya

Yamashina Station (first)

«		Service	»
Japanese Government Railway Tōkaidō Line (Old route)
Ōtani		-	Inari

External links

• (Japanese) Yamashina Station from jr-odekake.net (JR West)
• (Japanese) Yamashina Station (Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau)
• (Japanese) Keihan-Yamashina Station from Okeihan.net (Keihan Electric Railway)