Kyoto Station is located in the Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. It is the railway station of the West Japan Railway (JR West Japan), the Tokai Railway (JR Tokai), Kinki Nippon Railway (Nago) and the Kyoto City Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Station is the representative station of Kyoto City, Japan's largest tourist city. Kyoto Station is the terminus of a number of railway routes. As a wide-ranging entrance to Kyoto's sightseeing spots, the station has a number of public transportation agencies such as buses and subways to provide transportation services to Kyoto's tourist attractions. There are also many passengers heading to the southern part of Shiga Prefecture, the North District of Osaka Prefecture, and the northern part of Nara Prefecture. The current station building was completed in 1997. Designed by the architect Yuan Guangsi, it is a hybrid structure for iron and steel. Although it is a ground station, in order not to detract from the ancient capital of Kyoto, there can be no more than 120 meters high buildings around Kyoto Station. Therefore, the original design of the company is a 60-meter-high building and the building is kept north-south. The passage to keep the line of sight clear, so that Kyoto Station does not have all the oppressive feelings of huge buildings. Received the 40th Japan Construction Industry Association Award.

Station structure

• JR West Japan's on-line lines are elevated stations, Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line, Lake Biwa Line), and Lake West Line use island-style platforms 3 lines and 6 lines and side platforms On the west side of the structure, the three sides of the harbor-type platform are used on the west side of the structure, and the three sides of the harbor-type platform are used on the south side.
• Each platform is connected to the underground passage in the east side gate on the west side.
• There are lifts in the cross-station station and each platform.
• The JR Shinkansen in Tokai is located on the south side of each platform in JR West Japan. The Tokaido Shinkansen uses an elevated platform with two lines and four lines on the island.
• All business trains will stop, so there is no passing line.

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