Yamashina

Yamashina Station

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1879

It was located just west of the sidewalk on the north side of the overpass of the Meishin Expressway, about 3km south of the current Yamashina Station along the Kyoto Outer Ring Road, where two monuments were erected because the old railway site was later reused for the Meishin Expressway and a groundbreaking ceremony was held.

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現在の山科駅から京都市外環状線を南へ約3kmにある、名神高速道路の立体交差部分の北側の側道を西へすぐの所にあった。のちに旧線敷地が名神高速に転用され、起工式が行われたため、両方の記念碑が設置されている。

1879 8月18日

The original station opened.

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初代駅が開業。

1912 8月15日

In 1912, the station opened as Bishamon-dō Station when the Keihan Electric Railway line from Sanjō Ōhashi to Saka-no-tsuka was inaugurated.

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(大正元年):京津電気軌道三条大橋 - 札ノ辻間開通時に毘沙門道駅として開業。

1921 8月1日

Due to a route change on the Ministry of Railways line Tokaido Main Line between Baba Station and Kyoto Station, the second-generation station, the current station, opened as a general station between Otsu Station and Kyoto Station, and the old station was abolished along with the old line.

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鉄道省東海道本線馬場駅(→膳所駅)- 京都駅間ルート変更により、大津駅(3代目)- 京都駅間に2代目駅(現駅)が開業(一般駅)。旧駅は旧線と合わせ廃止。

1921 8月13日

It was renamed Yamashina-ekimae Station.

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山科駅前駅に改称。

1925 2月1日

The station became part of the (old) Keihan Electric Railway Keiji Line due to a company merger.

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会社合併により(旧)京阪電気鉄道京津線の停留場となる。

1934 4月12日

The station was relocated 70m towards Kyoto and a passing track was built, making it a station with island platforms and 2 faces and 4 lines, capable of rapid and local service connections.

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駅を70m京都側に移設、待避線が造られ島式ホーム2面4線の緩急接続可能駅になる。

1943 10月1日

The station became a stop on the Keihan Railway line due to a company merger.

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会社合併により京阪神急行電鉄の停留場となる。

1949 12月1日

The station became a terminal of Keihan Electric Railway due to the company separation.

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会社分離により京阪電気鉄道の停留場となる。

1950 9月10日

An up passing track was newly established at Shinomiya Station, and express train passing was changed from this station to Shinomiya Station.

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四宮駅に上り副本線(待避線)新設され、急行待避が当停留場から四宮駅に変更。

1953 4月1日

It was renamed Keihan Yamashina Station.

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京阪山科駅に改称。

1955 8月20日

A new east ticket gate was established on the Japanese National Railways station side.

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国鉄駅側に東改札口新設。

1966 3月

The station building was rebuilt into its current form.

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現在の駅舎に改築。

1971 10月1日

Freight handling was abolished.

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貨物取り扱いを廃止。

1973

The platforms were reduced from the previous island-style 2 faces with 4 lines to opposed 2 faces with 2 lines.

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ホームがそれまでの島式2面4線から相対式2面2線に縮小される。

1974 7月20日

The section of the Kosei Line from the present station to Omi-Shiotsu Station opened.

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湖西線の当駅 - 近江塩津駅間が開業。

1977 8月15日

The first automatic ticket vending machines were installed on the Ōtsu Line.

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大津線で初めて自動券売機を設置。

1986 11月1日

The station became a stop for the new limited express train with the timetable revision.

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ダイヤ改正に伴い新快速の停車駅となる。

1987 4月1日

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways, it became a station of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

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国鉄分割民営化により西日本旅客鉄道(JR西日本)の駅となる。

1988 3月13日

The line nickname system was established, and the "Biwako Line" nickname began to be used on the Tokaido Main Line.

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路線愛称の制定により東海道本線で「琵琶湖線」の愛称を使用開始。

1994 4月6日

The east ticket gate was temporarily made into a station building.

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東改札口が仮駅舎化。

1995 9月20日

Construction work began on Yamashina Station on the Subway Tozai Line.

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地下鉄東西線の山科駅の建設工事が開始される。

1996

Improvement work was carried out in conjunction with the opening of the Subway Tozai Line, the east ticket gate was rebuilt, and the effective length of the platform was extended from 2 cars to 4 cars due to the 4-car train formation.

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地下鉄東西線開業に伴う改良工事を行い、東改札口を改築、列車の4両編成化に伴いホーム有効長を延長(2両から4両)。

1997

Around that time, urban redevelopment was carried out, and prior to the redevelopment, there was a Keihan Bus stop between the Keihan Line and the JR line, but now there is a route bus and taxi stop south of the Keihan Line, with the bus terminal serving Keihan Bus routes to Yamashina, Daigo, and Rokujizō, as well as express buses to the Tokyo area.

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またその頃に都市再開発が行われた。再開発以前は京阪線とJR線の間に京阪バス乗り場があった。現在は京阪線より南に路線バスおよびタクシー乗り場がある。同バスターミナルには京阪バス(山科・醍醐・六地蔵方面)と高速バス(東京方面)が発着する。

1997

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地下鉄の駅はJR・京阪京津線との連絡のために設けられることが決まった。しかし実際には京阪京津線との接続駅の役割は隣の御陵駅が担っている。

1997 10月12日

The station opened with the opening of the section between Nijō Station and Daigo Station.

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二条駅 - 醍醐駅間の開業に伴い、駅開業。

1998 3月22日

Automatic ticket gates were installed and put into service.

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自動改札機を設置し、供用開始。

2002 1月15日

The use of automatic ticket gates was started.

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自動改札機の使用を開始。

2002 7月29日

The JR Kyoto and Kobe Line introduced an operating management system.

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JR京都・神戸線運行管理システム導入。

2002 7月30日

The station building "JR Yamashina Station NK Building" opened.

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駅ビル「JR山科駅NKビル」が開業。

2003 11月1日

The IC card "ICOCA" becomes available for use.

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ICカード「ICOCA」の利用が可能となる。

2005 3月1日

Barrier-free construction was completed, with elevators, escalators, and multipurpose toilets starting operation, the canopy on the Kyoto and Osaka-bound platform was extended, and electronic signboards were introduced and started operating.

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バリアフリー化工事が完成。エレベーター・エスカレーター・多目的トイレが供用開始。京都・大阪方面ホーム(下りホーム)の上屋を延長。また電光掲示板が導入され供用開始。

2007 3月18日

The automatic station broadcasts were updated.

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駅自動放送を更新。

2007 4月1日

The IC card "PiTaPa" becomes available for use.

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ICカード「PiTaPa」の利用が可能となる。

2008 8月

AEDs were installed with donations from medical corporations.

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医療法人より寄贈を受け、自動体外式除細動器(AED)を設置。

2013 5月2日

The abnormal time information display was put into service.

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異常時情報提供ディスプレイが供用開始。

2015 3月12日

Introduction of approaching melodies accompanied the revision of the entry warning sound.

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入線警告音の見直しに伴い、接近メロディ導入。

2015 8月4日

In the early Showa period, a plan was made for Keihan Electric Railway to extend a branch line from Kowata town station (now Kowata station) on the new Keihan line (now the Hankyu Kyoto line) towards Otsu, with a station called Koshu-ji station to be established near the original Yamashina station, and another new line was also planned from Rokujizo station on the Keihan Uji line along the Nara Highway, with Yamashina station to be built at the point where the two new lines would connect, which is now the location of the Keihan Bus Yamashina office, with the route to the Uji line now being the new Nara Highway.

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昭和初期に京阪電気鉄道が東海道本線の廃線跡を利用して新京阪線(現・阪急京都線)の西向日町駅(現・西向日駅)から支線を大津方向へ延長する計画がされ、初代山科駅付近に「勧修寺駅」の設置が予定されていた。そして京阪宇治線からも六地蔵駅から奈良街道沿いに新線の建設が計画され、両方の新線が接続する地点に『山科駅』が造られる予定だった。その場所は現在京阪バス山科営業所となっていて、宇治線への接続ルートは新奈良街道になっている。

2018 3月17日

Station numbering is introduced.

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駅ナンバリングが導入される。

2018 4月14日

The JR Yamashina Station NK Building was renovated and the commercial facility "Vierra Yamashina" opened.

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JR山科駅NKビルが改装され、商業施設「ビエラ山科」が開業。

2021 8月1日

The 100th anniversary of its opening was commemorated with posters displayed within the station premises.

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開業100周年を迎え、駅構内にポスターを掲示。

2022 11月1日

The ticket gates were unmanned.

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改札口を無人化。

2029

The Haruka limited express service is to be extended from Kyoto to Yamashina, with accompanying construction of new platforms and sidings to increase the station's capacity to 3 platforms and 5 tracks.

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特急はるかの発着駅を京都から山科に延伸し、それに伴いホーム・引上線を新設し、3面5線化する予定。

Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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