Hankyū Kyōto Main Line

Kyoto Main Line (Kyoto Line)
Overview
Locale	Kansai
Termini	Jūsō Kawaramachi
Stations	26
Operation
Operator(s)	Hankyu Corp.
Depot(s)	Shōjaku Depot
Rolling stock	2300 Series EMU 3300 Series EMU 5300 Series EMU 7300 Series EMU 8300 Series EMU 9300 Series EMU Osaka Municipal Subway 66 Series EMU (Awaji - Takatsuki-shi)
Technical
Line length	45.3 km (28.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1500 volts DC, overhead lines
Operating speed	115 km/h (71 mph)
Route map

Stations and connections

Legend Umeda (first) JR West: Tokaido Line, Osaka Loop Line 2.4 Umeda (second)for connections, see below Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line Hanshin: Kita-Osaka Line JR West: Umeda freight line Nakatsu Shin-Yodogawa abandoned in 1926 Yodo River 0.0 Jūsō Kobe Line Takarazuka Line Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line Nishinakajima-Minamigata 1.9 Minamikata JR West: Tokaido Line (JR Kyoto Line) JNR: Tokaido Line old route 3.2 Sōzenji Senri Line for Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme and Tengachaya 4.2 Awaji JR West: Joto Freight Line Senri Line / JNR Tokaido Line old route JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 6.3 Kami-Shinjō 7.2 Aikawa Kanzaki River Higashi-Suita Signal Box Osaka Municipal Subway Higashi-Suita Depot 9.4 Shōjaku Shojaku Workshop 10.9 Settsu-shi 12.9 Minami-Ibaraki Osaka Monorail: Main Line JR Freight: Tōkaidō Line Freight Branch 14.8 Ibaraki-shi 16.8 Sōjiji 17.3 Tonda 20.6 Takatsuki-shi 22.2 Higashi-Takatsuki Signal Box (Temporary)-1993 JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 24.9 Kammaki 25.7 Minase Osaka/Kyoto 27.7 Ōyamazaki JR West: Tōkaidō Line (JR Kyōto Line) New station (under construction) 31.7 Nagaoka-Tenjin 33.6 Nishi-Mukō 35.0 Higashi-Mukō 36.3 Rakusaiguchi 38.0 Katsura Arashiyama Line Katsura River 40.1 Nishi-Kyōgoku Kyoto Tram: Nishioji Line 41.9 Saiin Keifuku: Arashiyama Main Line Sai JR West: Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line) Shijō-Ōmiya 43.3 Ōmiya Kyoto Subway: Karasuma Line (Shijō) Kyoto Tram: Karasuma Line 44.4 Karasuma 45.3 Kawaramachi Kyoto Tram: Kawaramachi Line Kamo River Keihan: Keihan Main Line (Gion-Shijō) Connections at Umeda JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) Subway: Tanimachi Line JR West: Osaka Loop Line Umeda/Subway: Higashi-Umeda Subway: Midōsuji Line (Umeda) JR-W: Ōsaka/Hanshin Umeda/JR-W: Kitashinchi Subway: Yotsubashi Line (Nishi-Umeda) (Extention planned) JR-W: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line) Hanshin: Main Line JR-W: Osaka Loop Line, JR Tōzai Line

The Kyōto Main Line (京都本線, Kyōto Honsen) of Hankyu Railway is a railway line links Umeda Station, northern junction of Osaka and Kawaramachi Station in downtown Kyoto, Japan.

Definition

The Kyōto Main Line is often called the Kyōto Line (京都線, Kyōto sen) for short, and in a broader sense two branch lines, the Senri Line and the Arashiyama Line, are included to the Kyōto Line by historical, geographical and structural reasons. The other two networks of the Hankyu, the Kōbe Line and the Takarazuka Line are called the Shinpōsen (神宝線) as a whole.

Officially, the Kyōto Main Line is from Jūsō to Kawaramachi, however, all trains run over Jūsō to Umeda terminal, using eastern dual track of the Takarazuka Line exclusively. Hankyu treats the Kyōto Main Line in the same way as the passengers do as the line between Umeda and Kawaramachi except for in special occasions like governmental procedures.

Service types

In the timetable revised on May 14, 2011, regular trains are classified in nine types:

• Local (普通, futsū)
• Semi-Express (準急, junkyū) (abbreviated as "S" in the table below)
• Sakaisuji Semi-Express (堺筋準急, sakaisuji junkyū) ("SS")
• Rapid Service (快速, kaisoku) ("R")
• Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō) ("E")
• Limited Express (特急, tokkyū) ("L")
• Limited Express (通勤特急, tsūkin tokkyū) ("C")
• Limited Express (快速特急, kaisoku tokkyū) ("SL")
• Arashiyama Limited Express (直通特急, chokutsū tokkyū) ("A")

Three types of Limited Express are different in Japanese and indeed have different stops but the operator translates them into English as the same. In this article the tokkyū is translated as Regular Limited Express, tsūkin tokkyū as Commutation Limited Express, the kaisoku tokkyū as Sightseeing Limited Experss, the chokutsū tokkyū as Arashiyama Limited Experss where necessary. Note that they are not official translations.

Through services

In addition to intra-line services, the line operates through services to/from other lines as follows:

Local

Local trains operate between Umeda and Kita-Senri (on the Senri Line, connected at Awaji) and between Takatsuki-shi and Tengachaya (on the Sakaisuji Line, via the Senri Line).

Sakaisuji Semi-Express

Sakaisuji Semi-Express trains operate between Kawaramachi or Takatsuki-shi and Tengachaya.

Arashiyama Limited Express

Arashiyama Limited Express trains (only on special timetable) operate between Arashiyama (on the Arashiyama Line, connected at Katsura) and Tengachaya, Kōsoku Kōbe (via the Kōbe Main Line and the Kōbe Kōsoku Line) and Takarazuka (via the Kōbe Main Line and the Imazu Line).

Stations

In the table below, service types that stop at the station are shown by the abbreviations (see the section above). Blank means that the service type passes the station. In addition to the types shown here, local trains stop at all stations (not including Higashi-Suita Signal Stop, where only a garage of Osaka Subway cars exists).

No trains stop at Nakatsu which is served by Local trains of Kobe and Takarazuka Lines, because of the absence of platform, thus, in operation, there is no Nakatsu Station on the Kyoto Line. There are also through trains to the Senri Line from Awaji Station and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line. On weekdays, Sakaisuji Semi-Express trains are routed from Kawaramachi Station to Tengachaya Station on the Subway Sakaisuji Line in the morning, from Tengachaya Station to Takatsuki-shi Station in the evening, and on Saturdays and holidays, between Tengachaya and Kawaramachi in both directions in non-rush hours.

The starting point of the distances (km) shown is Jūsō Station, which is officially the railhead of the Kyōto Main Line.

Station		km	S	SS	R	E	L	C	SL	A	Connected Hankyu lines	Location
Umeda	梅田	(2.4)	S		R	E	L	C	SL			Kita-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Jūsō	十三	0.0	S		R	E	L	C	SL	A	Kōbe Main Line Takarazuka Main Line	Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Minamikata	南方	1.9	S		R
Sōzenji	崇禅寺	3.2										Higashi­yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Awaji	淡路	4.2	S	SS	R	E	L		SL	A	Senri Line
Kami-Shinjō	上新庄	6.3	S	SS	R
Aikawa	相川	7.2
Higashi-Suita Signal Stop		-										Suita
Shōjaku	正雀	9.4										Settsu
Settsu-shi	摂津市	10.9
Minami-Ibaraki	南茨木	12.9	S	SS	R							Ibaraki
Ibaraki-shi	茨木市	14.8	S	SS	R	E	L	C
Sōjiji	総持寺	16.8
Tonda	富田	17.3										Takatsuki
Takatsuki-shi	高槻市	20.6	S	SS	R	E	L	C
Kammaki	上牧	24.9	S	SS
Minase	水無瀬	25.7	S	SS								Shimamoto
Ōyamazaki	大山崎	27.7	S	SS								Ōyamazaki	Kyoto Prefecture
New station (planned to open in 2013)		-										Nagaokakyō
Nagaoka-Tenjin	長岡天神	31.7	S	SS	R	E	L	C
Nishi-Mukō	西向日	33.6	S	SS								Mukō
Higashi-Mukō	東向日	35.0	S	SS
Rakusaiguchi	洛西口	36.3	S	SS								Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto
Katsura	桂	38.0	S	SS	R	E	L	C	SL	A	Arashiyama Line
Nishi-Kyōgoku	西京極	40.1	S	SS								Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
Saiin	西院	41.9	S	SS	R	E		C
Ōmiya	大宮	43.3	S	SS	R	E		C				Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
Karasuma	烏丸	44.4	S	SS	R	E	L	C	SL			Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
Kawaramachi	河原町	45.3	S	SS	R	E	L	C	SL

History

The Kyōto Main Line was constructed in the following five phases:

• April 1, 1921: Jūsō – Awaji (by Kita-Osaka Electric Railway)
• January 16, 1928: Awaji – Takatsuki-shi (by Shin-Keihan Railway)
• November 1, 1928: Takatsuki-shi – Saiin (by Shin-Keihan Railway)
• March 31, 1931: Saiin – Ōmiya (by Keihan Electric Railway)
• Juny 17, 1963: Ōmiya – Kawaramachi (by Keihanshin Kyūkō Electric Railway)

In addition, the additioanl double tracks of the Takarazuka Main Line between Umeda and Jūso now used exclusibly by the Kyōto Main Line was opened on February 18, 1959.

See also

• Hankyu Kobe Line
• Hankyu Takarazuka Line