Matsugasaki Station (松ヶ崎駅, Matsugasaki-eki) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Matsugasaki Station 松ヶ崎駅
Matsugasaki Station
General information
Location	Matsugasaki Rokunotsubo-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto （京都府京都市左京区松ヶ崎六ノ坪町） Japan
Coordinates	35°03′06″N 135°46′38″E
Operated by	Kyoto Municipal Subway
Line(s)	Karasuma Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	K02
History
Opened	1997
Passengers
FY2016	11,786 daily[1]

Layout

The station locates underneath Kitayama dori street, all station structures except stairs are underground.[2] The station has two floors, the upper one is the station office and ticket gates and lower one is an island platform with two tracks.[2] The station has two stairs to access outside, the first stairs are on East side and the second is in West.[2] East one is with escalators while West is with a lift. West one is with bicycle parking lots.[3]

• Pictures of Matsugasaki station
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  First stairs
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  Concourse outside ticket gates
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  Ticket gates
  IC cards can be used[4]。
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  Concourse inside ticket gates
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  Platforms
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  Each end of platforms equivalent to one train carriages is not used.
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  Running in board
  Advertisement plate is added underneath the board from April 2010[5]。

Tracks

Destination of platforms are in accordance with the Kyoto city web cite[6]

Around the station

The station locates underneath Kitayama dori. Sugakuin Station of Eizan Electric Railway locates 800 m east from Matsugasaki Station. Myō/Hō (妙・法), the characters meaning "wondrous dharma" (referring to Buddhist teachings) of Gozan no Okuribi are held at the north of the station on 16 August every year.[7][8]。

It is recorded that farmers having paddy ground started living in Matsugasaki in late 8th century and the name of Matsugasaki are found in the Yugiri waley, Evening Mistof The Tale of Genji.[9] Even though the area flourished for over one thousand years, population of the area had remained the same between 9th and 19th centuries because strict local rule existed.[10] The original route of Eizan Electric Railway planned in 1922 was from Kitaoji to Nikendyaya via Matsugasaki, the route was changed before actual construction was commenced.[11] From the end of Taisho era, Matsugasaki area has utilized as residential area and the movement is accelerated the opening of Kitayama dori street in 1985 and construction of subway Karasuma line.[10][12][13]。

Bus stops

Matsugasaki Station bus stop (adjacent to exit 1)

• Kyoto City Bus[14][15]
  • Route 4: To Kamigamo Shrine / Kyoto Station
  • Route North 8(北8): To Senbon Kitaoji / Kitaoji Bus Terminal
• Kyoto Bus
  • No number: To Takano Depot / Iwakura Muramatsu

Matsugasaki Kaijiri Cho bus stop [16][17]

• Kyoto City Bus
  • Route 65: To Shijo Karasuma / Iwakura Depot
  • Route North 8(北8): To Senbon Kitaoji / Kitaoji Bus Terminal
• Kyoto Bus
  • Rounte 56: To Demachiyanagi station
  • No number: To Takano Depot / Iwakura Muramatsu

Adjacent stations

References

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Bibliography

• 田中真人、宇田正、西藤二郎 (1998). 京都 滋賀 鉄道の歴史. 京都新聞社.
• 松ヶ崎を記録する会 (2000). 松ヶ崎. 松ヶ崎立正会.