Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line)

E1006252

railway station terminal station underground railway terminus

Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line) is a major underground railway terminus in central Kyoto, serving as a key gateway to the city’s downtown shopping and entertainment district.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Hankyu Kyoto Line Kawaramachi Station	2
Hankyu Kyoto Line Shijo Station area	1
Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line) canonical	1
Shijo Station (Hankyu Kyoto Main Line)	1
阪急京都本線京都河原町駅	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12832945 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line)
Context triple: [Shijo-dori, transport, Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line)]

A. Arashiyama Station (Hankyu)
Arashiyama Station (Hankyu) is a railway station in Kyoto, Japan, serving as a key access point for tourists visiting the scenic Arashiyama area.
B. Kobe-Sannomiya Station (Hankyu)
Kobe-Sannomiya Station (Hankyu) is a major terminal on the Hankyu Railway network in central Kobe, serving as one of the city’s primary hubs for commuter and intercity rail services.
C. Omiya Station (Kyoto)
Omiya Station (Kyoto) is a major railway station in Kyoto’s Nakagyō ward that serves as an important local transit hub on private railway networks.
D. Gion-Shijo Station (Keihan Main Line)
Gion-Shijo Station (Keihan Main Line) is a railway station in Kyoto, Japan, serving the popular Gion entertainment district and providing convenient access to central Shijo-dori and nearby cultural attractions.
E. Fushimi-Inari Station (Keihan Line)
Fushimi-Inari Station (Keihan Line) is a railway station in Kyoto, Japan, serving visitors to the famous Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine and the surrounding Fushimi district.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line)
Target entity description: Kawaramachi Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line) is a major underground railway terminus in central Kyoto, serving as a key gateway to the city’s downtown shopping and entertainment district.

A. Arashiyama Station (Hankyu)
Arashiyama Station (Hankyu) is a railway station in Kyoto, Japan, serving as a key access point for tourists visiting the scenic Arashiyama area.
B. Kobe-Sannomiya Station (Hankyu)
Kobe-Sannomiya Station (Hankyu) is a major terminal on the Hankyu Railway network in central Kobe, serving as one of the city’s primary hubs for commuter and intercity rail services.
C. Omiya Station (Kyoto)
Omiya Station (Kyoto) is a major railway station in Kyoto’s Nakagyō ward that serves as an important local transit hub on private railway networks.
D. Gion-Shijo Station (Keihan Main Line)
Gion-Shijo Station (Keihan Main Line) is a railway station in Kyoto, Japan, serving the popular Gion entertainment district and providing convenient access to central Shijo-dori and nearby cultural attractions.
E. Fushimi-Inari Station (Keihan Line)
Fushimi-Inari Station (Keihan Line) is a railway station in Kyoto, Japan, serving visitors to the famous Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine and the surrounding Fushimi district.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway station ⓘ terminal station ⓘ underground railway terminus ⓘ
adjacentStation	Karasuma Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line) ⓘ
category	Hankyu Kyoto Main Line stations ⓘ Railway stations in Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ
connectsTo	local bus services ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
electrification	overhead line ⓘ
fareSystem	Hankyu Railway fare system ⓘ
gauge	1,435 mm standard gauge ⓘ
hasExitTo	Kawaramachi-dori area ⓘ linked to: Kawaramachi area Shijo-dori area ⓘ linked to: Kawaramachi area
hasFacility	elevators ⓘ escalators ⓘ restrooms ⓘ shopping area ⓘ station ticket office ⓘ underground concourse ⓘ
lineServed	Hankyu Kyoto Main Line ⓘ
locatedIn	Japan ⓘ Kyoto ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ
near	Kawaramachi Street ⓘ Kyoto downtown shopping district ⓘ Kyoto entertainment district ⓘ linked to: Gion district Shijo Street ⓘ linked to: Shijō Street
numberOfPlatforms	2 ⓘ
numberOfTracks	4 ⓘ
openingDate	1963 ⓘ
operator	Hankyu Corporation ⓘ linked to: Hankyu Railway Hankyu Railway ⓘ
platformType	island platforms ⓘ
role	gateway to Kyoto downtown ⓘ
servedArea	Kyoto city centre ⓘ linked to: Kyoto City Hall area downtown Kyoto ⓘ
servedBy	limited express trains ⓘ local trains ⓘ rapid trains ⓘ
structureType	underground ⓘ
terminusOf	Hankyu Kyoto Main Line ⓘ
ticketing	IC card compatible ⓘ automatic ticket gates ⓘ

How these facts were elicited