Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides
Kyoto Subway One-Day Pass
地下鉄1日券 · Kyoto City Transportation Bureau
¥800 Adult · ¥400 Child
One day of your choice; a pass bought from a ticket machine is valid only on the day of purchase.
Tōzai Line 東西線
Subway · Kyoto Municipal Subway 京都市 · 17 stations
How to ride Kyoto Municipal Subway (Kyoto City Transportation Bureau) P
Operator-wide facts from Kyoto Municipal Subway (Kyoto City Transportation Bureau)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.
IC cards (Suica etc.)Accepted PPiTaPa, ICOCA, Kitaca, PASMO, Suica, manaca +5 more
Credit card touchNot accepted PVisa, Mastercard etc. contactless
Where you payAt the station P
Delays & suspensionsLive status →Japanese only; notices of planned changes and suspensions, not live delays
Step-free accessStation list → PElevators take you from street to platform; where they are differs by station, so check each station's page. Stations have a wheelchair-width ticket gate (at unstaffed gates call staff by intercom). On the Karasuma Line station staff help you board; Tozai Line trains can be boarded unaided, but staff help if you ask.
IC cards and payment in detail
All ten nationwide transport IC cards (PiTaPa, ICOCA, Kitaca, PASMO, Suica, manaca, TOICA, Hayakaken, nimoca, SUGOCA) work on the Kyoto city subway and city buses, as does KANSAI ONE PASS (sold only to short-stay foreign visitors at the City Bus & Subway Information Centers at Kyoto Station and Kotochika Kyoto). Charge the card beforehand (PiTaPa excepted); it can be charged at subway stations. One card per person: you cannot use two IC cards, combine an IC card with another ticket, or get special discount fares with it. Credit cards and bank cards cannot be used to ride the subway, and the Japan Rail Pass is not valid. P
京都市営バス・京都市営地下鉄では、全国相互利用サービスに対応した交通系ICカードがご利用いただけます。Getting on
- Get a ticket before you ride: tickets are not sold inside the gates or on the train. Credit cards and the Japan Rail Pass cannot be used.
- Paper ticket: buy it at the ticket machine near the gate (fares are shown on the board above). It is valid only on the day of purchase and only from the station where you bought it. Put it through the gate and take it back.
- IC card: touch the reader while it glows blue, for about a second until it beeps. If the balance is under ¥10 (any card except PiTaPa), charge it first at a ticket machine marked ICチャージ.
- Doors open and close automatically. At Kyoto, Shijō and Karasuma Oike (Karasuma Line) and at every Tōzai Line station there are platform doors too.
Getting off
- Paper ticket: put it into the gate; it is collected. If you rode past the section you paid for, pay the difference at the fare adjustment machine (のりこし精算機) and exit with the adjustment ticket. A ticket for a higher fare is not refunded.
- IC card: touch the same card you entered with. If the balance is short (any card except PiTaPa), charge it at a fare adjustment machine marked ICチャージ, then touch again.
- You cannot use two IC cards at once or combine an IC card with another ticket.
- Keep the IC card away from other IC cards, coins and metal objects when touching the reader. If the card cannot be read, pay another way (for example cash).
Sources checked 2026-10-10 · review: draft_unreviewed
- www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/page/0000010025.html · official accessibility page · checked 2026-10-10
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/ticket/ic_card.html · official ic card page · checked 2026-10-07
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/index.html · official guide index · checked 2026-10-07
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/tika/howtoride_tika.html · official how to ride page · checked 2026-10-08
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/tika/howtoride_tika_0_0.html · official how to ride page · checked 2026-10-08
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/tika/howtoride_tika_1_0.html · official how to ride page · checked 2026-10-08
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/tika/howtoride_tika_1_1.html · official how to ride page · checked 2026-10-08
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/tika/howtoride_tika_1_2.html · official how to ride page · checked 2026-10-08
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/tika/howtoride_tika_4_0.html · official how to ride page · checked 2026-10-08
- www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/webguide/ja/tika/howtoride_tika_4_2.html · official how to ride page · checked 2026-10-08
- www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/category/166-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html · official status page · checked 2026-10-09
Passes valid on this line 6 P
Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.
Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides
Kyoto Subway & Bus One-Day Pass
地下鉄・バス1日券 · Kyoto City Transportation Bureau
¥1,100 Adult · ¥550 Child (elementary school)
One calendar day of your choice (not 24 hours). Sold all year.
Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides
Kyoto Subway & Randen 1day Ticket
京都地下鉄・嵐電1dayチケット · Kyoto City Transportation Bureau and Keifuku Electric Railroad (Randen)
¥1,300 Adult (no child ticket)
Any one day from 1 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2027.
Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides
Subway & Eiden Kurama-Kibune Day Trip Ticket
地下鉄＆えいでん 鞍馬・貴船日帰りきっぷ · Kyoto City Transportation Bureau, Eizan Electric Railway and Keihan
¥2,100 Adult (no child ticket)
Any one day from 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2027.
Anyone can buy Ride set · Ride set
Kyoto Subway Coupon Tickets
地下鉄回数券 · Kyoto City Transportation Bureau
¥2,200 Adult, zone 1 (220 yen) × 11 · ¥2,600 Adult, zone 2 (260 yen) × 11 · ¥2,900 Adult, zone 3 (290 yen) × 11 · +4 more
11 tickets for the price of 10; valid until the end of the third month after the month of purchase.
Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides
Nara-Ikaruga 1day Ticket (Kyoto Subway version)
奈良・斑鳩1dayチケット（京都市交通局版） · Kyoto City Transportation Bureau
¥2,200 Adult (no child ticket)
Any one day from 1 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2027. Limited number; sales end when sold out.
IC cards (Suica, ICOCA…) P
- ICOCA area: Kansai, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, San'in ICOCA and the other nationwide IC cards (Suica, PASMO, TOICA, manaca, PiTaPa, SUGOCA, nimoca, Hayakaken, Kitaca)
3 of 17 stations estimated from the official map
14 stations are not in the IC areas we have; check at the station.
Before you travel
- Big stationsKyoto Station: lines, transfers, lockers and step-free routes
Kyoto Station is shared by JR West, JR Central (Tokaido Shinkansen), Kintetsu (Kyoto Line) and the Kyoto City Subway Karasuma Line. The Shinkansen and Kintetsu are on the south (Hachijo) side, JR local lines and the main Central Gate on the north (Karasuma) side.
Stations
In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.
| # | Station | English | Passengers / day (2024) | Guide / other lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 六地蔵 🗣 | Rokujizo | 29,173 | Nara Line |
| 2 | 石田 🗣 | Ishida | 6,771 | |
| 3 | 醍醐 🗣 | Daigo | 12,397 | |
| 4 | 小野 🗣 | Ono | 7,010 | |
| 5 | 椥辻 🗣 | Nagitsuji | 17,001 | |
| 6 | 東野 🗣 | Higashino | 11,372 | |
| 7 | 山科 やましな 🗣 | Yamashina | 108,979 | Kosei Line, Tōkaidō Main Line |
| 8 | 御陵 みささぎ 🗣 | Misasagi | 19,914 | Keihan Electoric Railway Keishin line |
| 9 | 蹴上 🗣 | Keage | 10,725 | |
| 10 | 東山 🗣 | Higashiyama | 20,230 | |
| 11 | 三条京阪 🗣 | Sanjo Keihan | 24,994 | |
| 12 | 京都市役所前 🗣 | Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae | 26,828 | |
| 13 | 烏丸御池 からすまおいけ 🗣 | Karasuma Oike | 106,144 | Karasuma Line |
| 14 | 二条城前 🗣 | Nijojo-mae | 8,801 | |
| 15 | 二条 にじょう 🗣 | Nijo | 47,387 | San'in Main Line |
| 16 | 西大路御池 🗣 | Nishioji-oike | 11,244 | |
| 17 | 太秦天神川 🗣 | Uzumasa-Tenjingawa | 17,708 |
Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).
Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報（鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ）」（国土交通省）を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.