Keage Station
蹴上駅 |
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Keage Station entrance No. 2, December 2007
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Location |
Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan |
Coordinates | 35°00′28″N 135°47′25″E / 35.0078°N 135.7902°ECoordinates: 35°00′28″N 135°47′25″E / 35.0078°N 135.7902°E |
Operated by | Kyoto Municipal Subway |
Line(s) | Tōzai Line |
Other information | |
Station code | T-09 |
History | |
Opened | 1997 |
Keage Station (蹴上駅 Keage-eki?) is a train station in Higashiyama-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is the closest subway station to Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji temple.
The underground station has one island platform serving two tracks. Track No. 1 is for trains bound for Uzumasa Tenjingawa and Track No. 2 is for trains bound for Rokujizō and Hama-Ōtsu.
The station opened on October 12, 1997 when the first section of the Tōzai Line opened.
Until the day before the opening of the Tōzai Line, Keage Station on the Keihan Keishin Line on the street served the area from the beginning of the Keishin Line on August 15, 1912.