Daigo Station (Kyoto)

T03
Daigo Station

醍醐駅
General information
Coordinates34°57′03″N 135°48′38″E / 34.95083°N 135.81056°E / 34.95083; 135.81056
Operated by Kyoto Municipal Subway
Line Tōzai Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeT03
History
Opened12 October 1997 (1997-10-12)
Passengers
FY201612,295 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station Kyoto Municipal Subway Following station
Ono
T04
Tōzai Line Ishida
T02
towards Rokujizō
Location

Daigo Station (醍醐駅, Daigo-eki) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Lines

Layout

The subway station has an island platform serving two tracks separated by platform screen doors.[2]

1  Tōzai Line for Misasagi, Karasuma Oike and Uzumasa Tenjingawa
2  Tōzai Line for Rokujizō

History

The station opened on 12 October 1997, when the initial section of the Tōzai Line between Nijō and Daigo began service.[3] On 26 November 2004, the line was extended southeast from Daigo to Rokujizō, and Daigo ceased to be the terminus.[4]

Surrounding area

  • Daigo-ji (醍醐寺), a major Shingon Buddhist temple and one of the component parts of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto".[5]
  • Paseo Daigoro (パセオ・ダイゴロー), a mixed-use complex directly connected to the station that includes public facilities and retail.[6]

References

  1. ^ "京都市交通事業白書" (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau.
  2. ^ "Daigo Station map". City of Kyoto.
  3. ^ "京都市交通局:地下鉄のあゆみと概要". City of Kyoto (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  4. ^ "京都市交通局:地下鉄のあゆみと概要". City of Kyoto (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  5. ^ "Monuments historiques de l'ancienne Kyoto (villes de Kyoto, Uji et Otsu) — composantes inscrites". UNESCO World Heritage Centre (in French). UNESCO. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  6. ^ "パセオ・ダイゴローについて". Paseo Daigoro (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-23.