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Gion-Shijō Station is a railway station on the Keihan Main Line in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway.LinesGion-Shijō Station is served by the Keihan Main Line. All types of passenger trains, from local to limited express, stop at the station.HistoryThe station opened on October 27, 1915. The tracks and the station facilities were moved to the underground on May 24, 1987. The station was originally named Shijō Station after Shijō Street as it is located where the railway along the bank of the Kamo River crosses Shijō Street.Since 1981, there had been two stations along Shijō Street named Shijō; the other is on the Karasuma Line subway. At last, the Keihan station was renamed Gion-Shijō Station on October 19, 2008, the date of opening of the Nakanoshima Line.Surrounding area Yasaka Shrine Gion Miyagawachō Pontochō Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line