Nishi?ji Station

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Nishi?ji Station (????, Nishi?ji-eki) is a railway station located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It serves the JR Kyoto Line (T?kaid? Main Line) of West Japan Railway Company. The distances to major stations are 2.5 km to Kyoto Station, 40.3 km to Osaka Station and 516.1 km to Tokyo Station.

The station was named after Nishi?ji Street, which crosses the railway by an underground path beneath the station platforms. Nishi?ji Oike Station, a subway station opened along the street (about 3 km north of this station) in 2008 was also tentatively called Nishi?ji Station before the name was finalized.

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Trains

Trains of the JR Kyoto Line except special rapid service trains stop at the station, and rapid service trains pass in the morning.

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Station facilities

The tracks run east to west and the station building stands south of the tracks. On the tracks there are two island platforms. One of the platforms is located under the elevated tracks of T?kaid? Shinkansen. Tracks 2 and 3 are for passenger use:

Tracks 1 and 4 are used only for passing trains and are fenced. Two platforms are connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station provides automated and window services for passengers including seat reservation.

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History

Nishi?ji Station opened on September 16, 1938, as a stop of local electric train service, which was extended from Suita Station to Kyoto Station in 1937.

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Environs

Around the station is an industrial area. Headquarters of Wacoal and Horiba are located near the station. The yard of Kyoto Freight Terminal operated by Japan Freight Railway Company is also adjacent to Nishi?ji Station.

On November 16, 2009, a metal drum was exploded in the facility of pharmaceutical company Nippon Shinyaku north of the station. The drum flew over the station as well as Shinkansen tracks and landed in a parking lot in front of the station. No one was hurt.

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Adjacent stations

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References

• Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). ???????? ???JR? [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 35. ISBN 4533029809. CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)

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External links

• Nishi?ji Station from jr-odekake.net (in Japanese)

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