Fushimi Station (Kyoto)

Fushimi Station (伏見駅) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Kyoto Line located in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan.

Lines

 * Kintetsu Railway
 * Kyoto Line

Building
The elevated station has two side platforms with two tracks.

History
The location of the station was a site of former Fushimi Station on the government-run Nara Line railway. Since a reroute of the Nara Line to the present route (via Inari Station) in 1921, Fushimi Station had been a terminal of a freight branch until its closure about two months before the opening of the present station.


 * September 5, 1895 - The station opens as a station of Nara Railway
 * February 7, 1905 - Nara Railway merges into Kansai Railway
 * October 1, 1907 - Kansai Railway is nationalized
 * August 1, 1921 - The line between Kyoto and Fushimi closes; Fushimi Station survives as a freight station
 * September 3, 1928 - The freight line between Fushimi and Momoyama closes and Fushimi Station closes
 * November 15, 1928 - The station opens as a station of Nara Electric Railroad
 * October 1, 1963 - NER merges and the station becomes part of Kintetsu