is a railway station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 located in Kizugawa

Kizugawa, Kyoto

is a city in southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on March 12, 2007 by the merger of the towns of Kamo, Kizu and Yamashiro, all from Sōraku District. It is the southernmost city in the prefecture...

, Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Operated by West Japan Railway Company

West Japan Railway Company

, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...

 (JR West). It is the junction point between the Yamatoji Line

Yamatoji Line

The is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line, and the name has been used since March 13, 1988. The electrified portion is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company...

 (Kansai Main Line

Kansai Main Line

The is a Japanese railway line which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company and the West Japan Railway Company with the boundary between both companies being located at Kameyama Station in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.The section...

), the Nara Line

Nara Line

The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area, operated by the West Japan Railway Company . Its official termini are Kizu Station in Kizugawa and Kyōto Station in Kyoto, within Kyoto Prefecture; however, all trains continue past Kizu on the Yamatoji Line to Nara Station in...

 and the Gakkentoshi Line

Gakkentoshi Line

The , nicknamed officially the , is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Japan, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company...

. Gakkentoshi Line trains terminate here, while Nara Line trains continue on the Kansai Line to Nara.

Yamatoji Line trains from Osaka

Osaka Station

is a station on the West Japan Railway Company located in the Umeda district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the city's main rail terminal in the north....

 and JR Namba

JR Namba Station

is a train station in Namba, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, Japan, adjacent to Namba Station and Osaka Namba Station operated by the West Japan Railway Company....

 continue one stop more to Kamo

Kamo Station (Kyoto)

is a train station on the West Japan Railway Company Kansai Main Line in Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:*There are two island platforms with three tracks on the ground level.-Stations next to Kamo:...

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Layout

The station consists of four tracks and two island platforms.

Around the station

• Kizugawa City Hall
• Yamashiro Public Hospital
• Kizu Central Library
• Kizugawa river
• Kizu Police Station (Kyoto Prefecture)
• Route 24 (Route 163)
• Kyoto-Nara Prefectural Route 47
• Kyoto Prefectural Road 323
• Kyoto Prefectural Kizu High school

Adjacent stations

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External links

• JR West - Kizu Station (Japanese)