routes take an easterly course , a westward counter-clockwise course and a westward clockwise course . ルートは東コース、西左回りコース、西右回りコースがある。
uji station (keihan ), on the keihan uji line , is on the left after going in an easterly direction and crossing uji-bashi bridge . なお、京阪宇治線の宇治駅 (京阪)へは、東へ向かい宇治橋を渡って左手。
heiangu (the outer palace precincts ), the palace , was located on the northern side of heiankyo , and the dairi measured approximately 300 m from north to south and 200 m from east to west in the easterly of the center within the heiangu . 平安京の北辺には宮城である平安宮（大内裏）があり、その内部の中央東寄りに南北約300m、東西約200mの内裏が存在した。
because trains for shuttle operations use the draw-out track , which is not very common for jr , the westerly platform is used for kyoto bound trains and the easterly platform is used either for trains terminating at this station or those bound for nara (some trains for kyoto ), thus representing a completely segregated arrangement . 折り返し電車は、JRとしては珍しく引上線を使うために西側のホームは京都方面、東側のホームは当駅止め・奈良方面（一部京都方面行きの列車がある）と完全に分けられている。
