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Fushimi Station (伏見駅, Fushimi-eki) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Kyoto Line located in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan.

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Fushimi Station 伏見駅
Fushimi station 2013.1.10
General information
Location	Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan
Operated by	Kintetsu Railway
Line(s)	Kyoto Line
Other information
Station code	B06
Website	Official
History
Opened	September 3, 1928
Passengers
FY2015[1]	2.7 million

Lines

• Kintetsu Railway
  • Kyoto Line

Building

The elevated station has two side platforms with two tracks.[2]

Platforms

1	■ Kyoto Line	For Shin-Tanabe, Yamato-Saidaiji, Nara, and Kashiharajingu-mae
2	■ Kyoto Line	For Takeda, Kyoto and Kokusaikaikan

History

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Legend
1895-1921
Kyoto Inari Fushimi Momoyama
1921-1928
Kyoto Inari Fushimi Momoyama

The location of the station was a site of former Fushimi Station on the government-run Nara Line railway. Since a reroute of the Nara Line to the present route (via Inari Station) in 1921, Fushimi Station had been a terminal of a freight branch until its closure about two months before the opening of the present station.

• September 5, 1895 - The station opens as a station of Nara Railway
• February 7, 1905 - Nara Railway merges into Kansai Railway
• October 1, 1907 - Kansai Railway is nationalized
• August 1, 1921 - The line between Kyoto and Fushimi closes; Fushimi Station survives as a freight station
• September 3, 1928 - The freight line between Fushimi and Momoyama closes and Fushimi Station closes
• November 15, 1928 - The station opens as a station of Nara Electric Railroad
• October 1, 1963 - NER merges and the station becomes part of Kintetsu

Adjacent stations

←		Service		→
Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)
Express: Does not stop at this station
Semi-Express: Does not stop at this station
Takeda		Local		Kintetsu-Tambabashi

References

External links

• Station Facilities and Service
• Station Map

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