Kamo Station (Kyoto)

Location
	Kamo Station Location within Kyoto Prefecture Kamo Station Kamo Station (Kansai region) Kamo Station Kamo Station (Japan)

Kamo Station

加茂駅
Kamo Station; 加茂駅
	Kamo Station (November 2012)
General information
Location	1-6-3, Kamochō-ekinishi, Kizugawa City, Kyoto Prefecture; Japan
Coordinates	34°45′10″N 135°52′11″E / 34.752711°N 135.869797°E
Owned by	JR West
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	V Kansai Line (Kameyama—Kamo) (Kansai Main Line); Q Yamatoji Line (Kamo—JR Namba) (Kansai Main Line);
Distance	Kansai Line: 61.0 km (37.9 miles) from Kameyama; Yamatoji Line: 54.0 km (33.6 miles) from JR Namba;
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4 (1 storage)
Bus stands	2
Connections	Nara Kotsu Bus Lines: 10, 107, 109, 109 Exp., and 209 at Kamo-eki (East Exit); 66 at Kamo-eki (West Exit); Kizugawa City Community Bus: Kamo Bus: Tōno Route at Kamo-eki (East Exit); Okuhata Route at Kamo-eki (West Exit);
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	Yes (2 elevators for the ticket gate, 1 elevator for each platform and 1 accessible bathroom)
Other information
Station code	Q39
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 November 1897; 127 years ago
Passengers
2016	2,359
Services
V Kansai Line
Q Yamatoji Line
Former services
Former services
Location
Location
	Kamo Station Location within Kyoto Prefecture Kamo Station Kamo Station (Kansai region) Kamo Station Kamo Station (Japan)

Kamo Station (加茂駅, Kamo-eki) is a railway station of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan. Although the station is on the Kansai Main Line as rail infrastructure, it serves as terminal by both the Kansai Line and Yamatoji Line in terms of passenger train services.

Lines

JR West (Kansai Main Line)
- V Kansai Line
- Q Yamatoji Line

Layout

The station has two island platforms with three tracks on the ground level.

Platforms

1	■ Yamatoji Line–Local	for Ōji, and Nara
	■ Yamatoji Line—Regional Rapid Service	for Ōsaka
	■ Yamatoji Line—Rapid Service	for JR Namba
	■ Yamatoji Line—Yamatoji Rapid Service	for Ōsaka
2	■ Kansai Line	for Kameyama, Tsuge, and Iga-Ueno
3	■ Yamatoji Line—Local	for JR Namba and Nara (1st train and 4th to last train only)
3	■ Yamatoji Line—Rapid Service	for JR Namba (5th to last train only)
4	■ Yamatoji Line—Local	for Nara (9th train only)
	■ Yamatoji Line—Regional Rapid Service	for Ōsaka (4th and 7th trains only)
	■ Yamatoji Line—Rapid Service	for JR Namba (2nd and 6th trains only)
	■ Yamatoji Line—Yamatoji Rapid Service	for Ōsaka (2nd, 4th, and 8th trains only)
	■ Kansai Line	for Kameyama (1st train and 3rd to last train only)
	■ Kansai Line	Storage track

History

The station opened in 1897 as a station on the Kansai Railway, which connected Osaka and Nagoya via Nara. The Kansai Railway was nationalized in 1907 and became the Kansai Main Line. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Passenger statistics

According to the Kyoto Prefecture statistical book, the average number of passengers per day is as follows.^{[citation needed]}


Year	Passengers
1999	2,945
2000	3,008
2001	3,126
2002	3,077
2003	3,058
2004	3,093
2005	3,134
2006	3,079
2007	3,014
2008	2,967
2009	2,825
2010	2,740
2011	2,623
2012	2,581
2013	2,556
2014	2,430
2015	2,385
2016	2,359

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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