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Demachiyanagi Station (出町柳駅, Demachiyanagi-eki) is a railway station operated by the Keihan Electric Railway, located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto. It serves as the northern terminus for the Ōtō Line and the southern terminus for the Main Line of the Eizan Electric Railway.
The name "Demachiyanagi" is the combined name of "Demachi" district around the Kawaramachi-Imadegawa intersection on the west side of Kamo River, and "Yanagi" district around the east side, which surrounds the station.
Lines
Eizan Electric Railway (Eiden)
Eizan Main Line (station number: E01)
Keihan Electric Railway
Ōtō Line
Layout
The station is separated into two sections: the ground-level Eiden station and the underground Keihan station. Tracks of the two lines are not connected.
= Eizan Railway
=There are 4 dead-end platforms with 3 tracks on the ground with bus station and the entrance of Keihan Railway, along Kawabata Dori.
= Keihan Railway
=The station owned by Keihan Railway is located under Kawabata Dori. There is an island platform with 2 tracks under the ticket gates. There are ticket gates in the north and the south. The north one is called "Eiden Gate" and the south one is "Imadegawa Gate".
Eizan Railway and the north side of Imadegawa Dori is connected with the Eiden Gate, and the south side of Imadegawa Dori is with the Imadegawa Gate
Limited express trains usually depart from Track (Platform) 2.
Surroundings
East side of Kamo River and Takano River
Yoshida Shrine
Hyakuman-ben Chion-ji
Kyoto University Yoshida Campus
Kyoto Computer Gakuin
The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics
Sakyo-ku General Building, Ktoyo
West side of Kamo River and Takano River
Kamo Mioya Shrine (Shimogamo Shrine)
Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus
Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts Imadegawa Campus
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Adjacent stations
References
External links
Station map by Keihan Railway Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine