Matsugasaki Station (Kyoto Prefecture) (松ヶ崎駅 (京都府))
Matsugasaki Station, located in Matsugasaki-Rokunotsubo-cho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a stop on the Karasuma Line, which is operated by Kyoto Municipal Subway. The station number is K02.
Station layout
The station is situated underground, with an island platform serving two tracks. Only one ticket gate is provided.
Station surroundings
This station is located in the underground of Kitayama-dori Street. The area around the station is a residential district that has developed since the 1970s.
Kyoto Notre Dame University
Notre Dame Elementary School
Kyoto Prefectural Rakuhoku High School
Takaragaike Park
Kyoto City's ballgame ground in the athletic facilities at Takaragaike Park
Takaragaike Driving School
The Culture Convenience Club store in Matsugasaki
The Circle K Sunkus store in front of Matsugasaki Station
The Konaka store in Kitayama, Kyoto City
To the north is located the mountain famous for '妙' and '法' in Gozan Okuribi (the bonfires for sending back the spirits of the dead in the five mountains) (on this mountain, the bonfires are shaped in the forms of the Chinese characters of 妙 and 法).
The Matsugasaki Kaijiri-cho bus stop on the east side of this station, used by Kyoto Bus, is the bus stop nearest to this station, but Matsugasaki Eki-mae (in front of Matsugasaki Station) on the west side, as utilized by Kyoto City Bus, can also be used (the buses of the Kyoto Bus on the routes starting at and returning to Matsugasaki Kaijiri-cho display their destinations as 'Matsugasaki Station.')
History
June 3, 1997: This station began operating when the Karasuma Line started its operation between Kokusaikaikan (the international conference hall) and Kitayama.
April 1, 2007: PiTaPa became usable.
Adjacent stations
Kyoto Municipal Subway
Karasuma Line
Kokusaikaikan Station (K01) - Matsugasaki Station (K02) - Kitayama Station (Kyoto Prefecture) (K03)