The station has four (ordinary) platforms with six tracks for the Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line/Biwako Line) and one (ordinary) platform with one track for the Kosei Line, three bay platforms with four tracks for the Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line) in the west side of the yard, two bay platforms with three tracks for the Nara Line in the south side (except Platform 8 which extends toward the direction to Osaka), and two island platforms with four tracks for the Tokaido Shinkansen.
東海道本線（JR京都線・琵琶湖線）・湖西線用のプラットホーム形状と配置4面6線とプラットホーム形状と配置1面1線、構内西側に山陰本線（嵯峨野線）用の頭端式ホーム3面4線、南側に奈良線用の頭端式ホーム2面3線（8番のりばのみ大阪方面に延びている）、東海道新幹線用の島式ホーム2面4線を持つ。