Kyōtanabe Station


Kyōtanabe Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kyōtanabe, Kyoto, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company. There is a transfer to the nearby Shin-Tanabe Station on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line.

Lines

Kyōtanabe Station is served by the Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line), and is located at from the terminus of the line at.

Layout

The station has one island platform and one side platform, connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. On the east side of the station, there is a pair of driving wheels and a license plate of a JNR Class C11 steam locomotive. This is from Unit 324, which was once statically preserved here. The locomotive itself has been relocated to the Kyoto Railway Museum.

History

Kyōtanabe Station opened on 12 April 1898 as Tanabe Station on the Kansai Railway. The Kansai Railway was nationalized in 1907. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. It was renamed to its present name on 8 March 1997. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Kyōtanabe being assigned station number JR-H24.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6399 passengers daily.

Surrounding area