Tōfukuji Station

Tōfukuji Station (東福寺駅, Tōfukuji-eki) is a railway station located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It serves both the Keihan Main Line and the JR West Nara Line, with passengers able to transfer directly between services. It has the Keihan station number "KH36", and the JR West station number "JR-D02".

Nara line platforms, 2020

Tōfukuji Station 東福寺駅
The entrance gate of Tōfukuji Station in January 2013
General information
Location	224, Honmachi 12-chōme, Higashiyama, Kyoto (京都市東山区本町十二丁目224) Kyoto Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	34°58′52.34″N 135°46′12.65″E
Operated by	Keihan Railway JR West
Line(s)	Keihan Main Line Nara Line
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Station code	JR-D02  (JR West)
History
Opened	15 April 1910
Passengers
FY 2023[1][2]	14,896 daily (Keihan) 18,794 daily (JR West)
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Kyōto towards Kyoto Nara Line Local Inari towards Nara
Location Tōfukuji Station Location within Kyoto Prefecture Show map of Kyoto Prefecture Tōfukuji Station Tōfukuji Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

• Keihan Electric Railway
  • Keihan Main Line
• West Japan Railway Company
  • Nara Line

Layout

The station is at ground level. The Keihan and JR sections have two side platforms each. The Demachiyanagi-bound platform for Keihan tracks and the Nara-bound platform for JR tracks are on the same structure, but are separated by a wall. On November 6, 2011, ticket gates for transferring between services were opened between these platforms, which can be used from 7am until 7pm. Outside of these hours, passengers must walk on a bridge between the platforms.^[3]

Keihan Railway

1	■ Keihan Main Line	for Sanjo and Demachiyanagi
2	■ Keihan Main Line	for Chushojima, Hirakatashi, Yodoyabashi and Nakanoshima

JR West

1	■ Nara Line	to Kyoto
2	■ Nara Line	for Uji and Nara

Passenger statistics

The Keihan station was used by 14,896 passengers per day and the JR West station was used by 18,794 passengers per day in fiscal year 2023.^[1][2] According to the Kyoto City statistics and Kyoto Prefecture statistics, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.^{[4][5][citation needed]}

year	Keihan Line	JR Nara Line
2004	6,455	5,526
2005	6,592	5,805
2006	6,216	6,178
2007	6,170	6,433
2008	7,164	6,660
2009	7,211	6,882
2010	7,282	7,222
2011	6,934	7,538
2012	7,403	8,027
2013	7,907	8,433
2014	8,644	8,899
2015	9,366	9,541
2016	7,625	9,627

History

The station opened on 15 April 1910, when operation on the Keihan Main Line began. The station initially only served Keihan trains; the track of the Nara Line, then operated by JNR, ran next to the station, and a JNR station was not built until 27 December 1957.^[6] At the time, the Nara Line was single-tracked, and the JNR station had only one platform. A passing loop and a second platform was completed in July 1994. This section of the Nara Line was double-tracked in March 2001.^[7]

Station numbering was introduced to the JR West station in March 2018 with Tōfukuji being assigned station number JR-D02.^[8][9]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Keihan Railway Keihan Main Line
Toba-kaidō		Local		Shichijō
Toba-kaidō		Sub Express Commuter Sub Express (only running for Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima on weekday mornings)		Shichijō
Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Commuter Rapid Express (only running for Nakanoshima on weekday mornings): Does not stop at this station
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
JR West Nara Line
Kyōto		Local		Inari
Kyōto		Regional Rapid Service		Rokujizō
Kyōto		Rapid Service		Rokujizō
Kyōto		Miyakoji Rapid Service		Rokujizō