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Nishi-Mukō Station is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Muko, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.LinesHankyu Railway Kyoto LineLayoutThe station has two side platforms serving two tracks.HistoryThe station opened as Nishi-Mukōmachi Station on November 1, 1928, the day the Shinkeihan Line was extended from to. On October 1, 1972 when the town of Mukō became a city, the station name was changed to the current one.In 1978 when the underground passage of the station was constructed, an archaeological excavation at the station found some ruins of Nagaoka-kyō, the capital city of Japan from 784 to 794, and earlier period.UsageIn fiscal 2014, about 2,254,000 passengers started travel from this station annually. For historical data, see the table below.