Saiin Station

Saiin Station 西院駅
Location	Ukyō, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan
Operated by	Hankyu Corporation
Line(s)	Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
History
Opened	1928
Previous names	Kyoto Saiin (until 1931)

Sai Station 西院駅
Location	Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Japan
Operated by	Keifuku Electric Railroad
Line(s)	Randen Arashiyama Main Line
History
Opened	1910

Hankyu Saiin Station (西院駅, Saiin-eki) is the 22nd station along the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line, which departs from Osaka's Umeda Station and terminates at Kyoto's Kawaramachi Station. It is the 4th to last station before reaching Kawaramachi station.

Saiin Station is serviced by local (普通, futsū), semi express (準急, junkyū), rapid express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō), and "commuter" limited express (通勤特急, tsūkin tokkyū) trains, while limited express (特急, tokkyū) trains do not service the station. The subterranean station is windy, as it has only one entrance, and arriving and departing trains force air up and down the station's narrow pair of staircases.

Many travellers stop at Saiin Station in order to take the #205 city bus to Kinkakuji and Randen Sai Station (Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd., written in the same kanji, 西院駅) local train to Arashiyama.

Saiin station's singular entrance is situated on the southwest corner of Shijo street and Nishioji street in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Saiin Station is located in Saiin Kōzanji-chō, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto.

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