Because all the trains of the Tokaido Shinkansen make stops at Kyoto Station--and since many express buses connected with various destinations ranging from the South Tohoku District to Kanto, Chubu, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu District, depart from and arrive at the station--large numbers of people arrive from all over Japan, and the average total number of users of the Kyoto Station exceeds 630,000 a day.
当駅を営業区間に含む東海道新幹線の全列車が停車し、南東北から関東地方・中部地方・中国地方・四国・九州地方に渡る広範囲からの高速バス路線が多数発着することから、日本全国から訪れる客は多く1日平均の乗降人員が各社合計で63万人を超える。