Keikyū Daishi Line

Keikyu Daishi Line
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A 1500 series 4-car set on the Keikyu Daishi Line in January 2012
Overview
Native name 京急大師線
Type Commuter rail
Locale Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Termini Keikyū Kawasaki
Kojimashinden
Stations 7
Operation
Opened 21 January 1899
Owner Keikyu
Technical
Line length 4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed 60 km/h (35 mph)

The Keikyu Daishi Line (京急大師線, Keikyū Daishi-sen) is a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. It connects Keikyu Kawasaki Station and Kojimashinden Station, both located in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki.

Service patterns

Keikyu Daishi Line services are operated only by four-car electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, stopping at all stations between Keikyu Kawasaki and Kojimashinden. During the weekday off-peak, trains run at 10-minute intervals, increased to 5-minute intervals during the morning and evening peaks.

Stations

No. Station name Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
KK20 Keikyu Kawasaki 京急川崎 0.0 KK Keikyu Main Line Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
KK21 Minatochō 港町 1.2
KK22 Suzukichō 鈴木町 2.0
KK23 Kawasaki-Daishi 川崎大師 2.5
KK24 Higashi-Monzen 東門前 3.2
KK25 Sangyō-Dōro 産業道路 3.8
KK26 Kojimashinden 小島新田 4.5

Rolling stock

Services on the line are normally operated using four-car Keikyu 1500 series EMUs, but are occasionally operated by other types, including four-car Keikyu 600 series, Keikyu N1000 series, and Keikyu 2000 series EMUs.[1][2]

History

A 1500 series train passing the abandoned Rokugōbashi Station in July 2011

The line was opened on 21 January 1899 by the Daishi Electric Railway (大師電気鉄道), as a standard gauge line electified at 600 V DC, between Kawasaki Station (later renamed Rokugōbashi Station (六郷橋駅), which closed in 1949) and Daishi Station (later renamed Kawasaki-Daishi Station).[3] The company was renamed Keihin Electric Railway (京浜電気鉄道) on 25 April 1899.[3] The line was double-tracked over its entire length from 29 November the same year,[3] and extended from Rokugōbashi Station to the present-day Keikyu Kawasaki Station on 1 September 1902.[3]

The line was extended to Sakuramoto in 1945, and the overhead line voltage was raised from the original 600 V DC to 1,500 V DC on 16 March 1951 except for the Shiohama to Sakuramoto section, which was transferred to the Kawasaki Streetcar Co. and operated as a tramway.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 京急600形が大師線内で運用される [Keikyu 600 series operated on Daishi Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 13 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. ↑ 京急 新1000形が大師線運用に [Keikyu New 1000 series operated on Daishi Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 232. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
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