K01
Kokusaikaikan Station

国際会館駅
Entrance No. 3 of the station
General information
LocationSakyō-ku, Kyoto
Japan
Operated byThe Emblem of Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Municipal Subway
Line(s)The symbol for the Karasuma Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway. Karasuma Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeK01
History
Opened3 June 1997 (1997-06-03)
Passengers
FY201625,932 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station The Emblem of Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Municipal Subway Following station
Matsugasaki
K02
towards Takeda
Karasuma Line Terminus

Kokusaikaikan Station (国際会館駅, Kokusai-Kaikan-eki) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the beginning of the line, and was opened on 3 June 1997.[2]

Lines

Layout

The station has an island platform serving two tracks.

1, 2  Karasuma Line for Shijo, Kyoto, Takeda and Kintetsu Nara
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Platforms
Platform 1 The symbol for the Karasuma Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway. Karasuma Line towards Shijo, Kyoto, Takeda and Kintetsu Nara
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 The symbol for the Karasuma Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway. Karasuma Line towards Shijo, Kyoto, Takeda and Kintetsu Nara

Around the station

The station name "Kokusaikaikan" refers to the Kyoto International Conference Center (国立京都国際会館, Kokuritsu Kyōto Kokusai-kaikan), the city's main conference hall where many international conventions, including the conference that created the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, are held. The center can be accessed by short walk from the station.

Bus stops

Kokusaikaikan-ekimae
  • Kyoto City Bus: Bus stop A
  • Kyoto City Bus: Bus stop B
    • Route 5, 31, 65 for Iwakura Depot
  • Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 1
    • Route 24 for Iwakura Jisso-in
    • Route 26 for Iwakura Muramatsu (part of buses run via Iwakura Shimozaichicho)
    • Route 29 for Iwakura Muramatsu via Iwakura Shinozaichicho and Nagatani Hachimangu
    • Route 45, 46 for Iwakura Muramatsu
  • Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 2
    • Route 40 for Kyoto Sangyo Daigaku-mae and Ichihara via Hokuryo Koko-mae, Kyoto Seika Daigaku-mae and Chikyuken-mae
    • Route 45 for Kyoto Station, Entsujimichi and Hakuaikai Byoin-mae
    • Route 46 for Kitaoji Station, Entsujimichi and Hakuaikai Byoin-mae
    • Route 50 for Ichihara via Hokuryo Koko-mae, Kyoto Seika Daigaku-mae and Chikyuken-mae
    • for Keihan Demachiyanagi Station via Hanazonobashi and Kawabata-dori (running only on weekdays)
    • for Takano Depot via Takaragaike Kyugijo-mae (running except weekdays)
  • Kyoto Bus Co., Ltd.: Bus stop 3
    • Route 19 for Ohara and Kodeishi via Hanazonobashi and Yase ekimae

References

  1. "京都市交通事業白書" (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau.
  2. Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau (May 29, 2015). "京都市交通局のあゆみ~年表(沿革)~". Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2016.

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