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is an interchange passenger

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located in the city of

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Kyoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...

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. It is jointly operated by the

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(JR West) and the private railway company Willer Trains ( Kyoto Tango Railway).

Lines

Fukuchiyama Station is served by the

San'in Main Line The is a railway line in western Japan, which connects Kyoto and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the major railway line of the San'in region, approximately paralleling the Japan Sea, crossing Kyot ...

, and is located from the

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of the line at . It is also the northern terminus of the

Fukuchiyama Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Osaka and Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Fukuchiyama, Japan. Within JR West's "Urban Network" covering the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan region, the line from Osaka to S ...

, and is located from the southern terminus of the line at . It is also the terminus for the private Miyafuku Line to .

Layout

The JR station consists of an elevated

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and two elevated

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serving five tracks, with the station building underneath. The JR portion of the station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office. The Kyoto Tango Railway portion has an

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serving two tracks. The station is one of the 15 staffed stations operated by KTR. Limited express trains named "Tango Relay" arrive at and depart from the platform for the KTR Line.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Bus routes

West JR Bus, Kyoto Kotsu, Tango Kairiku Kostu, Osaka Bus and so on are operated.

North Exit

*Following buses operated by Fukuchiyama City Community bus.

South Exit

History

Fukuchiyama Station opened on November 3, 1904. With the privatization of the

Japan National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 3,783 passengers daily. The KTR station was used by 1033 passengers during the same period.

Surrounding area

Fukuchiyama Castle is a castle located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. History Fukuchiyama Castle was originally built and ruled by the Yokoyama family. Following the capture of Tanba Province, Tanba in 1576, Akechi Mitsuhide reconstructed the castle ...

* Fukuchiyama City Hall

References

External links

JR West Station Official SiteKTR Official home page
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1904 Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture Sanin Main Line Fukuchiyama, Kyoto {{Kyoto-railstation-stub