Marutamachi Station

Metro station in Kyoto, Japan

K07
Marutamachi Station

丸太町駅

General information

Location

Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
Japan

Coordinates

Bus stop

Other information

Station code

K07

History

Opened

29 May 1981; 43 years ago (1981-05-29)

Passengers

FY2016

21,796 daily^[1]

Services

Preceding station	Kyoto Municipal Subway			Following station
Karasuma Oike K08 towards Takeda		Karasuma Line		Imadegawa K06 towards Kokusaikaikan

Entrance of the station by the wall of Kyoto Gyoen

Marutamachi Station (丸太町駅, Marutamachi-eki) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Lines

Kyoto Municipal Subway
- Karasuma Line (Station Number: K07)

Layout

The station is located beneath the intersection of Marutamachi-dōri and Karasuma-dōri (National Highway Route 367), and features a single island platform.

1	■ Karasuma Line	for Karasuma Oike, Shijo, Kyoto, Takeda and Kintetsu Kyoto Line (Shin-Tanabe / Nara)
2	■ Karasuma Line	for Imadegawa, Kitaoji and Kokusaikaikan

Turnstiles are staffed at the North gate, while they are unstaffed at the South gate.
Staffed turnstiles are towards exits 1–4, unstaffed turnstiles are towards exits 6 and 7, while exit 5 is in the very middle.

Surroundings

north-east

Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto District Court, Kyoto Summary Court

north-west

Kyoto Prefectural Government Office
Kyoto Prefectural Police
Kyoto Architectural College
Heian Jogakuin University, St. Agnes' Junior and Senior High School
Kyoto Broadcasting System Co., Ltd.
Japan Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini Hospital

south-east

The Kyoto Shimbun

Station History

May 29, 1981 - Station opening.
14–16 November 2005 - Due to U.S. President George W. Bush's visit, station lockers and exit #1 are closed.
1 April 2007 - PiTaPa use begins.