Hanazono Station (Kyoto)

Hanazono Station 花園駅

Location	Ukyō, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Sagano Line
History
Opened	1898

Hanazono Station (花園駅, Hanazono-eki) is a train station in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The station (and surrounding neighborhood) are named for Emperor Hanazono, who had a palace in the area, now the Myōshin-ji temple complex.

Line

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)

Nearby

Just to the north and east is the major temple complex of Myōshin-ji, and the affiliated Hanazono University (to the east, actually closer to Emmachi Station).

Layout

The elevated station has an island platform with two tracks. Track No. 1 is for trains bound for Kyoto and Track No. 2 is for trains bound for Kameoka and Sonobe.^[1]

History

Hanazono Station opened on January 1, 1898, less than one year after the opening of the Kyoto Railway (predecessor of the San'in Main Line).^[2]

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Sagano Line
Emmachi	Local	Uzumasa
Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station

References

↑ "花園駅構内図". Retrieved October 20, 2013.
↑ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 299. ISBN 4533029809.

Stations of the Sagano Line (Sanin Main Line)

Kyōto Tambaguchi Nijō Emmachi Hanazono Uzumasa Saga-Arashiyama Hozukyō Umahori Kameoka Namikawa Chiyokawa Yagi Yoshitomi Sonobe (>>for Ayabe, Fukuchiyama)

Coordinates: 35°1′7.01″N 135°43′4.01″E / 35.0186139°N 135.7177806°E / 35.0186139; 135.7177806

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