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Nishi-Kyōgoku Station

西京極駅
Nishi-Kyōgoku Station; 西京極駅
General information
Other names	Nishikyogoku Athletic Park; (西京極総合運動公園前)
Location	Ukyō, Kyoto, Kyoto; Japan
Operated by	Hankyu Corporation
Line(s)	Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	HK-82
History
Opened	1 November 1928
Passengers
FY2015	7.7 million

Nishi-Kyōgoku Station (西京極駅, Nishi-Kyōgoku-eki) is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

It is close to the Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium and other sports facilities.

Layout

The station has two side platforms serving a track each.

north side	■ Kyoto Line	for Kawaramachi and Karasuma
south side	■ Kyoto Line	for Osaka (Umeda, Tengachaya), Kita-Senri, Kobe, and Takarazuka

In fiscal 2015 (April 2015 to March 2016), about 7,699,000 passengers used this station annually. For historical data, see the table below.^[2]^[1]

Nishi-Kyogoku Station opened on 1 November 1928.^[3]

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-82.^[4]

«	Service
Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line
Katsura	Local	Saiin
Katsura	Semi-Express	Saiin
Katsura	Express	Saiin
Semi limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Commutation Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express "Kyo-Train", "Ogura": Does not stop at this station

^ ^a ^b 第8章都市施設 [Chapter 8: Urban facilities]. 京都市統計書 [Statistics of Kyoto City] (in Japanese). City of Kyoto. 2017.
^ "Statistics of Kyoto Prefecture". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
^ Hankyu Corporation (April 2001). 阪急ステーション [Hankyu Stations] (in Japanese). Osaka: Hankyu Corporation. p. 109. ISBN 4-89485-051-6.
^ "「西山天王山」駅開業にあわせて、「三宮」「服部」「中山」「松尾」４駅の駅名を変更し、全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.