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Not to be confused with JR Kyoto Line.


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.

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.[citation needed]

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
No. Name Japanese Distance
(km) 		SE Ex LE Transfers Location
 B01  Kyōto 京都 0.0 S S S
Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture
 B02  Tōji 東寺 0.9 S S | Minami-ku, Kyoto
 B03  Jūjō 十条 1.5 | | |
 B04  Kamitobaguchi 上鳥羽口 2.5 | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
 B05  Takeda 竹田 3.6 S S | The symbol for the Karasuma Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway. Karasuma Line (K15)
 B06  Fushimi 伏見 4.9 | | |
 B07  Kintetsu-Tambabashi 近鉄丹波橋 6.0 S S S Keihan Main Line (Tambabashi) (KH30)
 B08  Momoyamagoryōmae 桃山御陵前 6.5 S S |
 B09  Mukaijima 向島 8.6 S | |
 B10  Ogura 小倉 11.4 S | | Uji
 B11  Iseda 伊勢田 12.7 S | |
 B12  Ōkubo 大久保 13.6 S S |
 B13  Kutsukawa 久津川 14.6 S | | Jōyō
 B14  Terada 寺田 15.9 S | |
 B15  Tonoshō 富野荘 17.4 S | |
 B16  Shin-Tanabe 新田辺 19.6 S S | Kyōtanabe
 B17  Kōdo 興戸 21.1 M |
 B18  Miyamaki 三山木 22.4 M |
 B19  Kintetsu Miyazu 近鉄宮津 23.1 M |
 B20  Komada 狛田 24.4 | | Seika
 B21  Shin-Hōsono 新祝園 26.7 S S H Gakkentoshi Line (Hōsono) (JR-H20)
 B22  Kizugawadai 木津川台 28.2 | |
 B23  Yamadagawa 山田川 29.2 | |
 B24  Takanohara 高の原 30.8 S X Nara Nara Prefecture
 B25  Heijō 平城 33.5 | |
 B26  Yamato-Saidaiji 大和西大寺 34.6 S S B Kashihara Line (through service) (B26)
A Kintetsu-Nara Line (A26)

Trains down to

References

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

  1. ^ a b Takayama, Reizō (December 1992). "奈良電の時代" [The Era of Naraden]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). No. 569. Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. p. 124.
  2. ^ Teramoto, Mitsuteru (December 1991). "京阪 列車・運転の移り変わり" [Transition of Keihan trains and operation]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). No. 553. Denkisha Kenkyūkai Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. p. 94.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Line_(Kintetsu)