Ōmiya Station - Kyoto

(Be careful) Don't mistake it for Omiya in Saitama! !!

It is a station that you can use to change trains when you go to Arashiyama.

Quiet and a little dark? It is a favorite station with a unique atmosphere. Was it the second oldest underground station in Japan? The terminal station on the Kyoto side during the Shinkeihan era.

Standing drinks, which are close to drinkers and clerk and have a high degree of density due to the small size of the store, have an extremely high risk of infection. In the UK, standing bars have a very high risk of infection, and all standing bars have been banned from doing business in the past. The standing drink set near Hankyu Tonda is also very dense because the inside of the store is long and narrow and the passage is very narrow, so the distance between drinkers and the clerk is short. This was also a malicious store in the sense that it did not actually respond to the request from Osaka Prefecture to shorten business hours, while pretending to follow it on the surface. (From an article by Mr. Nagata, a food business consultant, "Goodbye Standing Drink, Viking ..." A restaurant that disappears in the corona society ")

Same as the neighboring Hankyu Saiin station. It is a commuter limited express, rapid express, and express stop station. All limited express trains will pass. There are 2 stations at Hankyu Kawaramachi station and 1 station at Karasuma station (walkable), so it is a very convenient station. A good station that is easy to reach Umeda. It is convenient to take a bus to Kyoto Station or walk to Shijo Subway Station and then take the Karasuma Subway Line bound for Takeda. It is a transfer station to Randen Shijo Omiya.

The station of the underground railroad section that opened second in the whole country under the station name of "Keihan Kyoto" in 1958. By the way, the first underground track section in Japan was the Ginza line in Tokyo. It is older than the Osaka Municipal Subway (currently Osaka Metro), which opened in 1933, and is the oldest underground railway station in the Kinki area. Omiya Station and Saiin Station are the first railway stations in Japan to collect electricity from the pantograph on the roof. Most of the sections were constructed by the open-cut method, but the groundwater level was high and the construction was difficult. A steel sheet pile made in Europe, which was rare at that time, was continuously driven in, asphalt waterproofing was applied, and a reinforced concrete box was constructed. The trackbed, which is the foundation of the track, is not a general ballast (masonry), but is made of concrete, which was very rare at the time of construction, and can still be confirmed from the station platform. When the soil was backfilled and the road was restored, the strength was calculated so that the underground road could withstand the dropped bombs, and it was constructed with technology that took into consideration the wartime during the recession of the Great Depression. Underground lines and home structures are designated as "selected civil engineering heritage" by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, and there is a designated board near the ticket gate. At the beginning of the business, the departure and arrival station was renamed to "Kyoto" station in 1943. It was renamed to "Omiya" station in 1963, when it extended to Kawaramachi and became a station on the way. As the number of passengers increased, the length of the vehicle was gradually increased. In 1972, limited express trains and some express trains were organized into 8-car trains, but at Omiya Station and the neighboring Saiin Station, the effective length of the platform is only 7-car train components, and when arriving at the station, it is the rearmost. The operation called "door cut" in which the door did not open only for the 8th car continued until 1986. In 1986, the extension of the platform was completed, and it finally became a station where 10-car trains can arrive and depart. Until 2001, it was a station where all types of trains, including limited express trains, stopped. Since the construction opened in the early Showa period, there are many restrictions on the structure and layout, so it feels inconvenient compared to a functional station, but it can be handled by the evolution of civil engineering technology such as installing elevators and making it barrier-free. It has been gradually implemented since. The railroad tracks that can be seen from the station platform are lined with solid steel pillars and have a different taste from concrete pillars, and the concrete railroad floor, which was rare at the time of construction, is characteristic. You can transfer to Randen Omiya Station, and there is a bus rotary in front of the station. Local buses and high-speed local buses arrive and depart, and taxis are also resident. The surrounding area is a very lively city with many accommodation facilities such as restaurants and hotels.

It is a transfer station to Randen Shijo Omiya Station. As a station in a historic city area, there are offices, hotels, commercial facilities, etc., but it is sober because there are no large facilities that can become landmarks. There is a locker at the station, so you can leave your luggage when it is bulky for sightseeing.