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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Ōbaku Station

Ōbaku Station (黄檗駅, Ōbaku-eki) is a train station located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Keihan Electric Railway. It has the Keihan station number "KH75", and the JR West station number "JR-D08".

Lines

Ōbaku Station is served by the JR West Nara Line and by the Keihan Uji Line.

Layout

The Keihan station and the JR station are separate structures not connected directly.

Keihan Railway

Entrance building of Keihan Obaku

The Keihan station has two side platforms serving one track each.

Platforms

Keihan Obaku platform
1  Uji Line for Chushojima
2  Uji Line for Uji

JR West

The JR West station has two side platforms serving one track each.

Platforms

1  Nara Line for Kyoto
2  Nara Line for Uji and Nara

History

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Ōbaku being assigned station number JR-D08.

Passenger statistics

According to Kyoto Prefecture statistics, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.

year Keihan JR West
1999 3,855 3,257
2000 3,945 3,282
2001 3,860 3,236
2002 3,814 3,148
2003 3,716 3,096
2004 3,633 3,096
2005 3,556 3,200
2006 3,441 3,282
2007 3,402 3,322
2008 3,436 3,458
2009 3,392 3,408
2010 3,400 3,460
2011 3,311 3,552
2012 3,403 3,604
2013 3,353 3,732
2014 3,353 3,773
2015 3,459 3,811
2016 2,757 3,753

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Keihan Railway Uji Line
Kowata - Mimurodo
JR West Nara Line
Kohata   Local   Uji
Regional Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station
Miyakoji Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します!" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.