Kuinabashi

Weekday departures: 202/day · Sat & holiday departures: 171/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:22 / 23:42

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (16)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

• Karasuma Line: Jujo (Kyoto · Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau) ⇄ Takeda (Kyoto)

Kuinabashi Station opened on 11 June 1988 with the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line's extension from Kyoto Station to Takeda. The station had originally been omitted from the line's licensing plan because of sparse local population and difficult gradients, but the 1.9-kilometre gap between Jūjō and Takeda and a strong petition from Ryukoku University and the surrounding community led the City Assembly to adopt the request in March 1982. A construction-variance application was filed in August 1982 and approved that December. The working name during construction was "Kamogawa Station," but a public name-suggestion drive in mid-1987 produced 3,152 entries; the chosen name honours the nearby Kuina Bridge. PiTaPa IC ticketing was introduced on 1 April 2007.

Above the platforms at Kuinabashi a switchback siding crosses overhead, carrying empty cars to and from the Takeda Depot; the depot's geometry forces every entering or exiting train to reverse direction at this point.