Nishi-Mukō Station (西向日駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mukō, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway.

Lines

Nishi-Mukō Station is served by the Hankyu Kyoto Line, and is located 33.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Jūsō and 36.0 kilometers from Osaka-umeda.

Layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks, connected by an underground passage. This underground passage also functions as a general road connecting both sides of the station, and a partition in the center of the road separates the inside and outside of the station.

History

The station opened as Nishi-Mukōmachi Station on November 1, 1928, the day the Shinkeihan Line (present-day Hankyu Kyoto Main Line) was extended from Takatsuki-shi to Saiin. On October 1, 1972 when the town of Mukō (Mukō-machi in Japanese) became a city (Mukō-shi in Japanese), the station name was changed to the current one. In 1978 when the underground passage of the station was constructed, an archaeological excavation at the station found some ruins of Nagaoka-kyō, the capital city of Japan from 784 to 794, and earlier period. Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-78.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 12,493 passengers daily

Surrounding area