Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)

Kyoto Line
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A limited express train
Overview
Native name	京都線
Type	Heavy rail Commuter rail
System	Kintetsu Railway
Locale	Kyoto Prefecture Nara Prefecture
Termini	Kyoto Yamato-Saidaiji
Stations	26
Line number	B
Operation
Opened	November 3, 1928 (1928-11-03)
Owner	Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
Character	Heavy rail Commuter rail
Depot(s)	Shin-Tanabe Saidaiji Miyazu
Technical
Line length	34.6 km (21.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC Overhead lines
Operating speed	105 km/h (65 mph)

Kintetsu Kyoto Line
Kintetsu Lines unless noted Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line JR-West lines B01 Kyoto 0.0 Tokaido Shinkansen closed 1946 Hachijō B02 Tōji 0.9 Kujō Kyoto Tram Kujō Line B03 Jūjō 1.5 Jūjō B04 Kamitobaguchi 2.5 Kamo River Kamo River Kuinabashi Takeda Depot B05 Takeda 3.6 4.9 Fushimi B06 Keihan Main Line to Demachiyanagi original JNR Nara Line Tambabashi 6.0 Kintetsu Tambabashi B07 Fushimi Momoyama 6.5 Momoyamagoryōmae B08 Keihan Uji Line Yodo-Gawa Bridge over Uji River 8.6 Mukaijima B09 B10 Ogura 11.4 B11 Iseda 12.7 JR-West Nara Line B12 Ōkubo 13.6 Shinden B13 Kutsukawa 14.6 JR-West Nara Line B14 Terada 15.9 B15 Tonoshō 17.4 Kizu-Gawa Bridge over Kizu River closed 1974 Kizugawa Shin-Tanabe Depot JR-West Katamachi Line to Kyōbashi Kyōtanabe 19.6 Shin-Tanabe B16 Dōshisha-mae 21.1 Kōdo B17 JR Miyamaki 22.4 Miyamaki B18   Miyazu 23.1   Kintetsu Depot   Miyazu   B19 Shimokoma 24.4 Komada B20 Hōsono 26.7 Shin-Hōsono B21 28.2 Kizugawadai B22 JR-West Katamachi Line to Kizu 29.2 Yamadagawa B23 Kyoto Prefecture Nara Prefecture 30.8 Takanohara B24 33.5 Heijō B25 Nara Line to Osaka Namba 34.6 Yamato-Saidaiji B26 Kintetsu Nara Nara Line A28 Kashihara Line to Kashiharajingū-mae Saidaiji Depot

The Kyoto Line (京都線, Kyōto sen) is a Japanese railway line owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a private railway operator. It connects the cities of Kyoto, Uji, and Nara, and competes with the Nara Line of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West), which also connects those cities.

Many trains on the line continue to the Nara Line to Kintetsu Nara Station or the Kashihara Line via Yamato-Saidaiji Station. The line also provides the through train services with the Karasuma Line of Kyoto Municipal Subway.

Stations

• S: All trains stop
• M: Only express trains operated from Kyoto to Kintetsu Miyazu stop
• X: limited stop of limited express trains (northbound in the morning and southbound in the evening and night)
• |: Trains pass
• Local trains stop at every station between Kyoto and Yamato-Saidaiji.
• SE: Semi-express
• Ex: Express
• LE: Limited express

Trains down to

• Local: Nara, Kashiharajingū-mae
• Express: Nara, Tenri, Kashiharajingū-mae
• Limited Express: Nara, Kashiharajingū-mae, Kashikojima

History

The Kyoto Line was built by Nara Electric Railway (奈良電気鉄道, Nara Denki Tetsudō) in November 1928 as dual track electrified at 600 V DC. The track between Kyoto Station and Horiuchi Station (present-day Kintetsu-Tambabashi Station) was placed on the site of a removed railway, which had been rerouted and is now called the JR Nara Line.^[1]

The railway provided the through services to the lines of Kintetsu (originally, Osaka Electric Tramway) from the beginning. As of September 1961, Kintetsu was the largest shareholder of Nara Electric Railway with 980,000 shares out of the company's 1.9 million shares, while Keihan Electric Railway owned 710,000 shares. Through a deal between the two major shareholders, the shares owned by Keihan were transferred to Kintetsu in April 1962 and the company was merged into Kintetsu from October 1963.^[1]

Between 1945 and 1968, there were through services with the Keihan Main Line using crossovers at Tambabashi.^[2] The line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1969, and in 1988 through services with the Karasuma Line were introduced.

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Tourist Guide of Kintetsu