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

Tambaguchi Station

丹波口駅
Station facilities under tracks, January 2008
General information
Location1-5, Chūdōji-minamimachi, Shimogyō, Kyoto, Kyoto
(京都市下京区中堂寺南町1-5)
Japan
Coordinates34°59′43.51″N 135°44′32.73″E / 34.9954194°N 135.7424250°E / 34.9954194; 135.7424250
Operated byWest Japan Railway Company
Line(s)Sagano Line
Platforms1 Island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station code JR-E03 
History
Opened1897
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Nijo
towards Sonobe
Sagano Line
Local
Umekōji-Kyōtonishi
towards Kyoto

Lines

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Layout

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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

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Tambaguchi Station opened on 27 April 1897, when the Kyoto Railway extended from Nijō to Ōmiya (temporary terminal in Kyoto). On 16 March 1976, the station was moved 500 m (1,600 ft) northward and elevated. At this time, the freight facilities of the station, which had served Kyoto Central Wholesale Market, were not elevated and became independent Kyōto-ichiba Freight Terminal (京都市場駅, Kyōto-ichiba-eki). The freight terminal closed on 1 February 1984.[1]

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Tamabaguchi being assigned station number JR-E03.[2][3]

Nearby

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

References

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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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 55, 298. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します!" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.