Located at the crossing of Karasuma-dori Street, under which the Karasuma Line runs, and Oike-dori Street, under which the Tozai Line runs, this station enables passengers on either line to switch to the train on the other line.
地下に烏丸線が走る烏丸通と、同じく地下に東西線が走る御池通の交差点に位置する両路線の乗換駅である。