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English: It is also a freight station of the Japan Freight Railway Company, but freight trains have neither departed from nor arrived at the station since 2006.
Japanese: また日本貨物鉄道（JR貨物）の貨物駅でもあるが、2006年から貨物列車の発着は無い。
English: PiTaPa, which is mutually usable with ICOCA, can also be used.
Japanese: ICOCAの相互利用対象であるPiTaPa（スルッとKANSAI協議会）も利用可能。
English: Higashi-muko Station, of the Hankyu Kyoto Line, is located approximately 500 meters from this station (about a ten-minute walk).
Japanese: 阪急京都本線東向日駅とは約500mほどの距離がある（徒歩で約10分）。
English: Although Higashi-muko Station (the old Higashi-mukomachi Station) and Nishi-muko Station (the old Nishi-mukomachi Station) of the Hankyu Kyoto Line, which are also located in Muko City, were given their current names when old Mukomachi was upgraded to Muko City in October 1972, Mukomachi Station was not renamed despite the upgrade to city status.
Japanese: 同じ向日市内にある阪急京都線の東向日駅（旧・東向日町駅）・西向日駅（旧・西向日町駅）は1972年10月の市制施行とともに現在の駅名に改称されたが、向日町駅は市制を施行しても改称されなかった。
English: This station is a ground station that has two platforms for four tracks, but only the inner platform is used for passengers getting on and off, because the outer platform is enclosed by fences (depending on the time zone, rapid trains pass through on the inner tracks also).
Japanese: プラットホーム2面4線の地上駅であるが、外側ホームには柵があり、内側のみ乗降の取り扱いを行う（時間帯によっては、内側線でも快速の通過がある）。
English: Kyoto Integrated Operation Center (the old Mukomachi Operation Center) is situated on the Osaka side of the station.
Japanese: 同駅の大阪駅寄りにはJR西日本の京都総合運転所（旧・向日町運転所）がある。
English: Route 4 (Rakusai Newtown Route via Rakusaiguchi Station, Daini Kaisei Byoin-mae (Second Kaisei Hospital), Rakusai Koko-mae (Rakusai High School), Nishitakenosato-cho): Buses bound for Rakusai Bus Terminal (some buses run as far as Takenosato Shogakko-mae (Takenosato Elementary School))
Japanese: 4系統：（洛西ニュータウン線　洛西口駅前・第二回生病院前・洛西高校前・西竹の里町経由）洛西バスターミナル行（竹の里小学校前止まりの便あり）
English: Route 63 (Oharano Route via Higashiyama, Ukyonosato, Haigata): Buses bound for Rakusai Bus Terminal
Japanese: 63系統：（大原野線　東山・右京の里・灰方経由）洛西バスターミナル行
English: Route 66 (Oharano Route via Higashiyama, Ukyonosato, Haigata): Buses bound for Oshio (Jurin-ji-mae (Jurin-ji Temple)), Yoshimine-dera (Yoshimine-dera Temple) (Shiawase Jizo (Happiness Buddha)); No. 20 hudasho (a temple where amulets are collected) of Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage (in winter season (January 6 - end of February); all buses run as far as Oshio (Jurin-ji-mae))
Japanese: 66系統：（大原野線　東山・右京の里・灰方経由）小塩（十輪寺前）・西国三十三番霊場　第二十番札所　善峯寺（しあわせ地蔵）行（冬季（1月6日～2月末日）は、小塩（十輪寺前）止め）
English: Route 71 (Nagaokakyo Route via Shimo-Kuze, Hishikawa, Nagaokakyo Station, Nagaokatenjin Station, Tomooka, Kugai): Buses bound for east exit of JR Nagaokakyo Station
Japanese: 71系統：（長岡京線　下久世・菱川・長岡京駅・長岡天神駅・友岡・久貝経由）JR長岡京東口行
English: Route 4 (Rakusai Newtown Route), Route 65 (Oharano Route), Route 72 (Nagaokakyo Route): Buses bound for Higashi-muko Station
Japanese: 4系統（洛西ニュータウン線）・65系統（大原野線）・72系統（長岡京線）：東向日駅行
English: According to Kyoto Prefecture Statistics Report, the average number of passengers a day in fiscal year 2006 was 11,575.
Japanese: 2006年度の1日あたりの乗車人員は約11,575人である。（京都府統計書より）
English: April 1, 1987: The station became a station of JR West and the Japan Freight Railway Company due to the division and privatization of Japan National Railways.
Japanese: 1987年（昭和62年）4月1日国鉄分割民営化により、JR西日本・JR貨物の駅となる。
English: There used to be an exclusive track connecting to Kyoto Service Station of the Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd., and freight trains for the transport of cement used to arrive from Motosu Station and Omi-Nagaoka Station.
Japanese: 住友大阪セメント京都サービスステーションへの専用鉄道があり、本巣駅・近江長岡駅よりセメント輸送貨物列車が到着していた。
English: There were also tank yards of the Nippon Oil Corporation and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. nearby, and they were connected to the station by the exclusive tracks.
Japanese: かつては、新日本石油・昭和シェル石油の油槽所が付近にあり、そこへも専用線が続いていた。
English: Additionally, there used to be the exclusive tracks extending to Camp Katsura of the Ground Self-Defense Force and the Kyoto Works of the Kirin Brewery Company (which closed in 1999).
Japanese: その他、陸上自衛隊桂駐屯地や麒麟麦酒京都工場（1999年に閉鎖）までの専用線もあった。
English: * Between Nishioji Station and Mukomachi Station, Katsuragawa Station (tentative name) was scheduled to commence operations in the autumn of 2008.
Japanese: ※西大路駅-向日町駅間にJR桂駅（仮称）が2008年秋に開業の予定。
English: Nagaokakyo Station, located at 1-chome Kotari, Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a railway facility of the Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line), which is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Japanese: 長岡京駅（ながおかきょうえき）は、京都府長岡京市神足一丁目にある、西日本旅客鉄道（JR西日本）東海道本線（JR京都線）の鉄道駅。
English: PiTaPa (SURUTTO KANSAI ASSOCIATION), which is mutually usable with ICOCA, can also be used.
Japanese: ICOCAの相互利用対象であるPiTaPa（スルッとKANSAI協議会）も利用可能。
English: Platform 1 and 4 are usually sealed off by rope, which is removed only when trains that stop at this station come in.
Japanese: 1・4番のりばはロープで封鎖されており、停車列車が入る時のみロープが外される。
English: According to the effective timetable as of August 2007, trains that stop at Platform 1 (rapid inbound trains that run on the outer track in the section of Takatsuki eastward) aren't scheduled.
Japanese: 2007年8月現在、通常ダイヤで1番のりばに停車する列車（高槻以東で外側線走行の上り快速）は設定されていない。
English: According to Kyoto Prefecture Statistics Report, the average number of passengers a day in fiscal year 2006 was 19,512.
Japanese: 2006年度の1日あたりの乗車人員は約19,512人である（京都府統計書より）。
English: Although the station is somewhat far from the central district of Nagaokakyo City, the number of passengers, especially commuters, is relatively large.
Japanese: 長岡京市の中心部からはやや離れてはいるものの、企業への通勤客を中心にそこそこの利用客がいる。
English: Additionally, people who go to Kyoto Driver's License Center use this station (by Hankyu Bus from this station).
Japanese: また京都府の運転免許試験場（当駅下車後阪急バス利用）への利用がある。
English: Because many condominiums and other buildings have been constructed and roads have been paved around the station in recent years, the area's appearance has become somewhat attractive, and as a result this area is likely to become the center of the town in the near future.
Japanese: 近年駅周辺にマンション、ビルが建設され、道路も舗装され外観は綺麗になり、近い将来町の中心になると思われる。
English: However, as far as the number of passengers is concerned, that of Hankyu Railway's Nagaokatenjin Station, which also is located in Nagaokakyo City, is greater than that of this station.
Japanese: 同じ長岡京市の中でも、より中心部に近い阪急電鉄長岡天神駅の利用者の方が多い。
English: As mentioned above, although this station is the JR facility nearest to Nagaoka Tenman-gu Shrine, the area around Nagaokatenjin Station of the Hankyu Kyoto Line is considered the central district of Nagaokakyo City and the density of buildings around this station is low.
Japanese: 前述したが、JRでは長岡天満宮への最寄駅になるが、長岡京市では阪急電鉄京都本線長岡天神駅の方が中心部の意味合いが近く、当駅周辺の建物の密度は低い。
English: Because the distance from this station to Yodo Station of the Keihan Main Line (operated by Keihan Electric Railway) is considerable, it isn't appropriate to transfer on foot.
Japanese: 京阪電気鉄道京阪本線淀駅までの距離は遠く、徒歩での乗り継ぎには適さない。
English: Large-scale construction work, including pedestrian decks, a bus rotary and parking area, was carried out from November 2004 till May 2005.
Japanese: 2004年11月～2005年5月にかけペデストリアンデッキ、バスロータリー、駐車場などの大幅工事。
English: An integrated shopping mall, including Heiwado (a supermarket called 'Friend Mart'), was completed on April 20, 2005.
Japanese: 2005年4月20日に平和堂（「フレンドマート」というスーパーマーケット）を含む総合ショッピングモール完成。
English: A bank ATM, Japanese-style pub, real-estate brokerage, dental office, Familymart store, bookstore, fitness club, toll parking lot, hospital, cram school, etc.
Japanese: 銀行ATM、居酒屋、不動産屋、歯科医院、ファミリーマート、本屋、フィットネスクラブ、有料駐車場、病院、学習塾など
English: The stairs and sidewalks around the station are very crowded during commuting hours with people going to the offices of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., etc.
Japanese: 三菱電機、松下電器産業、村田製作所などの企業オフィスへ向かう人によって階段、周辺歩道は通勤時間帯に非常に込み合う。
English: The west exit (Hankyu Bus) : Nagaokakyo Route (loop in the city; Oyamazaki business office (partly the Muko sub-branch)) is in charge, but operations are outsourced to the Hankyu Denen Bus Co., Ltd.)
Japanese: 西口（阪急バス）長岡京線（市内循環　大山崎営業所（一部は、向日出張所）担当　いずれも阪急田園バスに運行委託）。
English: Buses bound for Shin-Yamazaki-bashi (Oyamazaki-cho) via Hankyu Nagaokatenjin Station, Taikoyama, Kanegahara, Tomooka, Koizumibashi (Oyamazaki-cho), JR Yamazaki Station (Oyamazaki-cho), Okukaiinji, Kofudai Jutaku (Kofudai residential district), Mitakedai Jutaku (Mitakedai residential district), Komyoji (Komyo-ji Temple), Higashidai, Yakushido, Maizuka, Driver's License Center (Fushimi Ward, Kyoto Prefecture), Hankyu Higashimuko Station (Muko City), Mukomachi Yubinkyoku-mae (Mukomachi Post Office), Mukodai Danchi-mae (Mukomachi Housing Complex) (Oharano and Katsuyama-cho in Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto City) and Muko City Hall
Japanese: 阪急長岡天神・太鼓山・金ヶ原・友岡・小泉橋（大山崎町）・西日本旅客鉄道山崎駅（大山崎町）・奥海印寺・光風台住宅・美竹台住宅・光明寺・東台・薬師堂・舞塚・免許試験場前（京都市伏見区）・阪急東向日（向日市）　向日町郵便局前・向日台団地前（京都市西京区大原野・勝山町）・向日市役所前　経由）・新山崎橋（大山崎町）方面行き
English: North route (to Takino-cho, Nishinokyo, Imazato, Uguisudai) and West route (to Tomooka, Izumigaoka, Takadai, Kayogaoka)
Japanese: 北コース（滝ノ町、西の京、今里、うぐいす台方面）、西コース（友岡、泉が丘、高台、河陽が丘方面）
English: The East exit (Hankyu Bus) : Nagaokakyo Route (loop in the city; Oyamazaki business office is in charge, but operations are outsourced to the Hankyu Denen Bus Co., Ltd.)
Japanese: 東口（阪急バス）　長岡京線（市内循環　大山崎営業所（阪急田園バスに運行委託）担当）
English: Buses bound for Shironosato, Shibamoto, Ochiaibashi, Tomooka, Ichimonbashi, Akane, Imazato, Hishikawa (Muko City), Shimo-kuze (Minami Ward, Kyoto City), Naka-kuze (Minami Ward, Kyoto City), JR Mukomachi Station, Hankyu Higashi-muko Station (both are in Muko City)
Japanese: 城の里・芝本・落合橋・友岡・一文橋・あかね・今里・菱川（向日市）・下久世（京都市南区(京都市)）中久世（京都市南区）・JR向日町・阪急東向日（いずれも向日市）方面行き
English: Free shuttle-bus service for visitors to the Suntory Kyoto Brewery, which is operated by Hankyu Bus on consignment basis, is provided during the daytime (a private bus with original coating is used, but during inspections a substitute bus is used).
Japanese: また、阪急バス委託でサントリー京都工場見学客向けの無料送迎バス（オリジナル塗装の専用バスが運用されているが、検査の都合で代車での運行となる場合がある）が昼間帯に運行されている。
English: East exit (Kyoto City bus): South 2 route, Special south 2 route (operations are outsourced to Hankyu Bus (Yokooji branch office))
Japanese: 東口（京都市バス）　南2系統・特南2系統（阪急バス(横大路支社)に、運行委託）
English: Buses bound for Shironosato, Shibamoto, Driver's License Center (south 2 route only), Hizume-guchi, Koganomori, Koga, Kokudo Akaike, Takeda Station (Kyoto Prefecture) West exit
Japanese: 城の里・芝本・免許試験場前（南2系統のみ）・樋爪口・久我（こが）のもり・久我・国道赤池・竹田駅(京都府)西口方面行き
English: The Oyamazaki business office (partly the Muko sub-branch) is in charge of the south 2 route and special south 2 route of Kyoto City bus (operations are outsourced to Hankyu Bus (Yokooji branch office)), which overlap the Nagaokakyo route of Hankyu Bus (the loop within the city; operations are outsourced to Hankyu Denen Bus Co., Ltd.).
Japanese: 京都市バスの南2系統・特南2系統（阪急バス（横大路支社）に運行委託）は、芝本までは、阪急バス長岡京線（市内循環　大山崎営業所（一部は向日出張所）担当　阪急田園バスに、運行委託）と重複しての運転となる。
English: August 1, 1931: The station commenced operations as Kotari Station of Japan National Railways (JNR).
Japanese: 1931年（昭和6年）8月1日-日本国有鉄道の神足駅（こうたりえき）として開業。
English: Freight service had been provided using the exclusive track that had once connected to the service station of the Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd., located on the opposite side of the river.
Japanese: 川の東側にあった住友大阪セメントのサービスステーションへ専用鉄道が続き、貨物輸送を行っていた。
English: April 1, 1987: The station became a facility of the West Japan Railway Company due to the division and privatization of JNR.
Japanese: 1987年（昭和62年）4月1日-国鉄分割民営化により西日本旅客鉄道の駅となる。
English: The display, which was used when Kotari Station commenced operations, is now being erected at 2-chome Kotari, Nagaoka City.
Japanese: 神足駅当時に使われていた駅の看板は、現在長岡京市神足2丁目に立てられている。
English: In front of the current station building, a JNR Type Yo 8000 freight car is being preserved as it was, and the wheels of JR SHINKANSEN Super Express Series 0 and JNR steam locomotive D51 class (which were in fact in use in the past) are preserved for display.
Japanese: 現在の駅舎前に車掌車国鉄ヨ8000形貨車が静態保存、かつて使われていた新幹線0系電車と国鉄D51形蒸気機関車の車輪が展示保存されている。
English: Shinsuke SHIMADA is known for his specialty of reciting all the station names between Tokyo and Kobe from memory, but he refers to this station by its old name, 'Kotari.'
Japanese: 島田紳助の特技に「東海道本線東京～神戸間全駅を空で言う」といったものがあるが、当人は旧駅名の「神足」と言う。
English: Yamazaki Station, located in Oyamazaki-cho, Otokuni-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, is a stop on the Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line), which is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Japanese: 山崎駅（やまざきえき）は、京都府乙訓郡大山崎町にある、西日本旅客鉄道（JR西日本）東海道本線（JR京都線）の鉄道駅。
English: At Yamazaki Station, ICOCA/J-Through cards can be used (refer to the section on ICOCA with respect to the mutually available IC cards).
Japanese: ICOCA・Jスルー利用可能駅（相互利用可能ICカードはICOCAの項を参照）。
English: Although the station building is located in Kyoto Prefecture, part of the station site resides in Yamazaki, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka Prefecture, and there is a sign on the platform that indicates the prefectural boundary.
Japanese: 駅舎は京都府内にあるが、敷地の一部は大阪府三島郡(大阪府)島本町山崎にあり、ホーム上に県境を示す表示がある。
English: A curve (unofficially called the Suntory curve) extending in the direction of Osaka from the station is famous as a key site for taking pictures of trains.
Japanese: 駅の大阪方の曲線（通称サントリーカーブ）は鉄道写真撮影のメッカとして有名である。
English: Until Shimamoto Station was opened, the distance from Yamazaki Station to the next station, Takatsuki, had been the longest compared to other sections on the JR Kyoto Line.
Japanese: 島本駅が開業するまで、隣の高槻駅までの距離はJR京都線で最長であった。
English: The tracks on the Kyoto side of the station immediately form a steep curve of R5, and consequently the trains passing the station reduce their speed to 100 km/h before they enter the station.
Japanese: 駅の先すぐに京都寄りはR5の急カーブとなるので、通過電車は駅構内手前から100km/hに減速する。
English: Adjacent to Yamazaki Station is a Suntory distillery, and once there existed side tracks of a larger scale.
Japanese: かつてはサントリーの工場が隣接するためにより大規模な側線が存在した。
English: Oyamazaki Station, of the Hankyu Railway, is located about 180 meters from Yamazaki Station (a four-minute walk), which is the shortest distance between any two consecutive stations in the section between Kyoto and Osaka.
Japanese: 阪急電鉄大山崎駅とは、180m程（徒歩4分）の距離であり、京都・大阪間ではいちばん近接しているといってよい。
English: Superior trains do not stop at these stations, but passengers use the stations for transfer.
Japanese: それぞれ優等列車は停車しない駅であるが、乗り換えの利用はけっこうある。
English: April 1, 1987: The station came to be operated by JR West as a result of the division and privatization of JNR.
Japanese: 1987年（昭和62年）4月1日-国鉄分割民営化により、JR西日本の駅となる。
English: Yamashina Station, located in Ueno Goshonouchi-cho, Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a stop of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the Kyoto Municipal Subway.
Japanese: 山科駅（やましなえき）は、京都府京都市山科区上野御所ノ内町にある、西日本旅客鉄道（JR西日本）・京都市営地下鉄の鉄道駅。
English: Kosei Line * Although the Kosei Line officially starts at Yamashina Station, for the operation of the system all trains enter Kyoto Station and to the west.
Japanese: 湖西線※路線名称上は当駅が起点であるが、運転系統上では全列車が京都駅以西へ乗り入れる。
English: ICOCA (West Japan Railway Company) and PiTaPa (SURUTTO KANSAI ASSOCIATION) can be used at Yamashina Station of both the West Japan Railway Company and the Kyoto Municipal Subway, while J-Through/Suica/TOICA can only be used at Yamashina Station of the West Japan Railway Company, and KANSAI THRU PASS cards and Traffica Kyoto Card can only be used at Yamashina Station of the Kyoto Municipal Subway.
Japanese: 両社局の駅でICOCA（西日本旅客鉄道）及びPiTaPa（スルッとKANSAI協議会）が利用できるが、Jスルー・Suica・TOICAは西日本旅客鉄道の駅のみ、スルッとKANSAI対応カードとトラフィカ京カードは京都市営地下鉄の駅でのみ使用できる。
English: Just next to the ticket gate is an entrance to stairs leading to Yamashina Station of the Kyoto Municipal Subway and Keihan Yamashina Station on the Keihan Keishin Line.
Japanese: その改札のすぐ前に、地下鉄山科駅にいたる階段の入り口と、京阪京津線の京阪山科駅がある。
English: To the south of Yamashina Station and across Keihan Yamashina Station is a rotary for buses (Keihan Bus, etc.) and taxis (see the section on Keihan Yamashina Station with respect to the bus routes entering the bus terminal).
Japanese: その京阪山科駅を挟んで南に京阪バスほかのバス、およびタクシーのロータリーがある（バスターミナルに乗り入れるバス路線については京阪山科駅の項目参照）。
English: To the east of the ticket gate is a pathway in the south-north direction below the railway, which leads to the Anshu area, Kyoto Prefectural Rakuto High School, Yamashina Canal (Lake Biwa Canal), etc.
Japanese: 改札口東側に、線路下を通る南北方向の通路があり、安朱地域、京都府立洛東高等学校、山科疏水（琵琶湖疏水）などに向かう時はこれを使うことになる。
English: Incidentally, Yamashina Station has passing tracks (which have no platform) running alongside its operating tracks according to the following arrangement: Track 1 runs alongside Platform 1, which serves Track 2; and Track 6 runs alongside Platform 4, which serves Track 5.
Japanese: なお、ホーム外側にホームなしの通過線を持ち、運転番線は1番のりばが2番線、4番のりばが5番線、さらに外側に6番線がある。
English: Trains from the outer outbound track enter tracks 1 and 2, and trains from the Kosei Line enter track 2, but trains from the inner outbound track can enter only track 3.
Japanese: 下り外側からは1・2番線に、湖西線からは2番線に、下り内側からは3番線のみ進入が可能。
English: Trains can depart from track 2 to enter either the inner or outer tracks but can depart from track 1 to enter only the outer track and from track 3 to enter only the inner track.
Japanese: 2番線からは外側内側両方へ出発できるが、1番線は外側のみ、3番線は内側のみしか出発できない。
English: Trains can enter either track 5 or track 6 from the outer inbound track but can enter only track 4 from the inner track.
Japanese: また、上り外側からは5・6番線に、内側からは4番線にしか進入できない。
English: In the announcement, the outbound Tokaido Main Line bound for Kyoto and Osaka is called the 'JR Kyoto Line' (officially, the JR Kyoto Line refers to sections to the west of Kyoto Station), while the inbound Tokaido Main Line bound for Maibara is called the 'Biwako Line.'
Japanese: ※案内上では、東海道本線下り京都・大阪方面を「JR京都線」（本来は京都駅以西がJR京都線）、同上り米原方面を「琵琶湖線」と案内している。
English: This is because, in the section between Yamashina Station and Kyoto Station, trains of either the Biwako Line or the Kosei Line are operated concurrently, while the lines bound for the same direction are collectively called the Biwako Line (the direct destination) for convenience; the above descriptions are also in accordance with this rule.
Japanese: これは、当駅～京都駅間では、琵琶湖線系統と湖西線系統が混在することから、便宜上直通先の名称を使うことで、同じ方向に向かう2つの系統を一まとめにしているためであるが、上記の記述もそれに従った。
English: Yamashina Station of the Kyoto Municipal Subway has an island platform serving two tracks in the opposite directions and equipped with platform doors; the station is located underground below the rotary of the Keihan Bus.
Japanese: 京阪バスロータリーの地下辺りに位置し、ホームドアが設置された島式1面2線ホームを持つ。
English: A color is designated for every station on the Tozai Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway; the color for Yamashina Station is dark lilac.
Japanese: 地下鉄東西線の駅は駅ごとにステーションカラーが制定されているが、山科駅のステーションカラーは藤紫。
English: There are stairs (and also escalators) in front of the ticket gate of the JR Yamashina Station, which lead to the ticket gate of the subway via a gentle pathway.
Japanese: JR駅の改札前に階段(およびエスカレーター)があり、それを降りてなだらかな斜路を進むと地下鉄改札前に至る。
English: Because Keihan Yamashina Station is close to Yamashina Station, passengers can't buy tickets to connect to the Keihan Keishin Line via Misasagi Station.
Japanese: なお、京阪山科駅が近接しているため、当駅から御陵駅経由の京阪京津線への連絡切符は購入不可。
English: Yamashina Station is the only the JR facility located in Yamashina Ward, which has been urbanized as a bedroom suburb; it is used by passengers commuting to Kyoto and Osaka as well as by passengers (many of whom are high school students) changing to local trains for the Kosei Line and the Biwako Line in Shiga Prefecture.
Japanese: ベッドタウンとして都市化の進んだ山科区内唯一のJR駅で、京都・大阪方面への通勤通学客が多い他、滋賀県内の湖西線各駅・びわこ線各駅間の乗換（とくに高校生が多い）利用も多い。
English: Special rapid trains, which used to pass through Yamashina Station when the operation was extended to Kusatsu Station, later came to stop at Yamashina Station due to the increased numbers of passengers and for the improvement of convenience of changing trains from the Kosei Line to the Biwako Line.
Japanese: 草津延長運転開始時は通過していた新快速は、その後の利用客の増加や湖西線から琵琶湖線への乗換利便性向上のためのちに停車するようになった。
English: Additionally, the Airport Express 'Haruka' and the Limited Express 'Biwako Express' for commuters came to stop at Yamashina Station.
Japanese: さらに通勤客対応の特急「はるか」・「びわこエクスプレス」も停車するようになった。
English: Meanwhile, Yamashina Station of the Kyoto Municipal Subway is used by passengers commuting from Yamashina Ward to the center of Kyoto City, as well as by passengers changing trains from JR to the Kyoto Municipal Subway to the center of Kyoto City or from the Kyoto Municipal Subway (from Daigo Station) to JR.
Japanese: 一方地下鉄駅は、山科区内からの京都市中心部への通勤通学客のほか、JRから地下鉄経由の京都市中心部へ、あるいは地下鉄醍醐方面からのJRへの乗換利用客が多い。
English: Since 2007, JR West and others have been promoting the message that vacationers should use of trains for transportation in Kyoto City in order to avoid the traffic jams caused by buses running within the city; in particular, the use of Yamashina Station on the Tozai Line of Kyoto Municipal Subway is recommended to passengers bound for sightseeing spots in the Higashiyama area, where Nanzen-ji Temple and Heian-jingu Shrine are located.
Japanese: JR西日本などは、2007年から、市内のバスの渋滞を回避できるとして行楽客の京都市内移動に鉄道利用を促すPRを行っており、南禅寺や平安神宮など東山エリアへの観光地へは山科駅から地下鉄東西線利用を勧めている。
English: In the case of a one-way ticket exceeding 201 km, passengers aren't required to make an additional payment because Yamashina Station is 'within the railway fare system of specific metropolitan and urban area'; however, a ticket of short distance, particularly from Osaka and Kobe to Yamashina Station, is excluded from the specified sections of trains or fares; consequently the fare to Yamashina Station is much higher than that to Kyoto Station.
Japanese: ちなみに片道201Kmを越える切符の場合「特定都区市内着」として当駅がそのまま利用でき追加料金を要しないが、近距離、特に大阪・神戸方面から来る場合は電車特定区間や運賃特定区間運賃の対象から外れるため、京都駅で下車する場合に比して運賃がかなり高くなる。
English: The number of passengers was approximately 29,785 in fiscal year 2005, about 29,237 in fiscal year 2004 and about 29,203 in fiscal year 2003.
Japanese: ちなみに2005年度は約29,785人、2004年度は約29,237人、2003年度は約29,203人である。
English: The number of passengers per day was approximately 18,726 in fiscal year 2005 (the number was 37,704 including passengers getting on and off).
Japanese: 2005年度（平成17年度）の1日あたりの乗車人員は約18,726人（乗降人員は37,704人）である。
English: South of the station is a commercial area that serves as the center of Yamashina Ward, along the Kyoto Outer Loop Expressway facing the south.
Japanese: 駅南側は、真南に向かう京都外環状線沿いに、山科区の中心をなす商業・業務地区である。
English: In front of the station is a commercial area called 'RACTO Yamashina' (in which Daimaru and other businesses are found), which was built as part of the redevelopment around the station.
Japanese: 駅前には駅周辺再開発で誕生した商業施設「ラクト山科」（大丸などが入居）がある。
English: A narrow street running in the east-west direction to the south of the station is Old Sanjo-dori Street (Old Tokaido Road), while a street to the south of Old Sanjo-dori Street is the new Sanjo-dori Street (Shinomiya Yotsuzuka Line of the Kyoto Prefectural Route 143).
Japanese: 駅のすぐ南を東西方向に走る細い道が旧三条通（旧東海道としての東海道）であり、その一本南を新しい三条通（京都府道143号四ノ宮四ツ塚線）が通る。
English: Because Yamashina Station is the only JR facility in Yamashina Ward, many passengers reach the station by bicycle; accordingly, underground bicycle parking areas located in Kyoto City have a capacity to accommodate nearly 2,000 bicycles.
Japanese: 山科区唯一のJR駅であるため自転車利用者も多く、京都市の自転車駐車場(地下)だけで2000台近く駐車可能。
English: Meanwhile, north of the station is a residential area of low residential houses, while Biwako sosui (Lake Biwa Canal) runs along the mountains to the north of the residential area.
Japanese: 一方駅北側は低層の住宅地であり、その北の山麓に沿って琵琶湖疎水が流れる。
English: RACTO Yamashina (a complex facility in which Daimaru Yamashina-ten, boutiques, communal facilities, residential houses and the like reside)
Japanese: ラクト山科（大丸やましな店、他専門店、公共施設、住宅等が入居する複合施設）
English: August 1, 1921: Yamashina Station was opened when the section between Banba Station (currently Zeze Station) and Kyoto Station on the Tokaido Main Line was changed to a new route.
Japanese: 1921年（大正10年）8月1日-東海道本線の馬場駅（現在の膳所駅）～京都駅間が新ルートに改められた際に山科駅が開業。
English: The current section between Otsu Station and Kyoto Station was completed and launched with the opening of the Osakayama and Higashiyama tunnels.
Japanese: 逢坂山トンネル・東山トンネルの開通によって現在の大津駅～京都駅間のルートが完成し、それに伴い開設。