Tambaguchi Station

Tambaguchi Station

丹波口駅
Tambaguchi Station; 丹波口駅
	Station facilities under tracks, January 2008
Location	1-5, Chūdōji-minamimachi, Shimogyō, Kyoto, Kyoto; （京都市下京区中堂寺南町1-5）; Japan
Coordinates	34°59′43.51″N 135°44′32.73″E / 34.9954194°N 135.7424250°ECoordinates: 34°59′43.51″N 135°44′32.73″E / 34.9954194°N 135.7424250°E
Operated by	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Sagano Line
History
Opened	1897

Tambaguchi Station (丹波口駅, Tambaguchi-eki) is a railway station in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Lines[]

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)

Layout[]

Elevated platform, March 2006

The elevated station has an island platform with two tracks.

1	■ Sagano Line	for Kyoto
2	■ Sagano Line	for Kameoka, Sonobe and Fukuchiyama

History[]

Tambaguchi Station opened on April 27, 1897, when the Kyoto Railway extended from Nijō to Ōmiya (temporary terminal in Kyoto). On March 16, 1976, the station was moved 0.5 kilometers northward and elevated. At this time, the freight facilities of the station, which had served , were not elevated and became independent Kyōto-ichiba Freight Terminal (京都市場駅, Kyōto-ichiba-eki). The freight terminal closed on February 1, 1984.^[1]

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service
Sagano Line
Umekōji-Kyōtonishi	Local	Nijo
Rapid: Does not stop at this station

Nearby[]

The station directly abuts the Kyoto Central Wholesale Market, and nearby is the defunct courtesan's district of Shimabara.

References[]

^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 55, 298. ISBN 4533029809.

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[1] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 55, 298. ISBN 4533029809.

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