Tōfukuji Station


Tōfukuji Station is a railway station located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It serves both the Keihan Main Line and the JR West Nara Line, with passengers able to transfer directly between services. It has the Keihan station number "KH36", and the JR West station number "JR-D02".

Lines

Layout

The station is at ground level. The Keihan and JR sections have two side platforms each. The Demachiyanagi-bound platform for Keihan tracks and the Nara-bound platform for JR tracks are on the same structure, but are separated by a wall. On November 6, 2011, ticket gates for transferring between services were opened between these platforms, which can be used from 7am until 7pm. Outside of these hours, passengers must walk on a bridge between the platforms.

Passenger statistics

The Keihan station was used by 14,896 passengers per day and the JR West station was used by 18,794 passengers per day in fiscal year 2023.
According to the Kyoto City statistics and Kyoto Prefecture statistics, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.
yearKeihan LineJR Nara Line
20046,4555,526
20056,5925,805
20066,2166,178
20076,1706,433
20087,1646,660
20097,2116,882
20107,2827,222
20116,9347,538
20127,4038,027
20137,9078,433
20148,6448,899
20159,3669,541
20167,6259,627

History

The station opened on 15 April 1910, when operation on the Keihan Main Line began. The station initially only served Keihan trains; the track of the Nara Line, then operated by JNR, ran next to the station, and a JNR station was not built until 27 December 1957. At the time, the Nara Line was single-tracked, and the JNR station had only one platform. A passing loop and a second platform was completed in July 1994. This section of the Nara Line was double-tracked in March 2001.
Station numbering was introduced to the JR West station in March 2018 with Tōfukuji being assigned station number JR-D02.