Ōmiya Station (Kyoto)

Ōmiya Station ( 大宮駅 Ōmiya Eki ? ) is a railway station built underground in Nakagyo-ku , Kyoto, Kyoto , Japan. Hankyu Kyoto Line serves this station. Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line terminus Shijo-Omiya Station locates nearby. The station opened on March 31, 1931 as Keihan Kyoto Station of the Shinkeihan Line, then operated by Keihan Electric Railway . After the Shinkeihan Line became the Hankyu Kyoto Line, the station was called Hankyu Kyoto Station . Since June 17, 1963 when the Hankyu Kyoto Line was extended to Kawaramachi Station , the station is no longer terminus and is called Ōmiya Station, after the street name. The station has two side platforms . One track serves trains bound for Kawaramachi and the other serves trains bound for Umeda . Before 1963, the former was for arriving trains and the latter was for departing trains.