Takatsuki-shi Station


Takatsuki-shi Station is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
It is one of the main train stations of the city along with Station on the JR Kyoto Line.

Lines

All types of train services on the line stop at Takatsuki-shi as one of key stations along the line. Many trains from Osaka, especially Osaka Metro rolling stock-operated services from the Sakaisuji Line, terminate at Takatsuki-shi.

History

The station opened on January 16, 1928, and served as the terminal of the Shin-Keihan Line until its extension to Kyoto in November 1928. The station name was originally Takatsuki-machi and was changed to the present one in 1943 when the town obtained the city status.
The construction of the elevated station replacing the original ground-level station was completed in 1994.

Layout

The elevated station consists of three levels:
There are two island platforms, each of which serves two tracks.

Adjacent stations