JR Kyoto Line
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JR Kyoto Line
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| System | Urban Network |
| Locale | Kyoto Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture |
| Termini | Kyoto (Tokaido Line) Osaka (Tokaido Line) |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | West Japan Railway Company |
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| Line length | 42.8 km (26.6 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead lines |
| Operating speed | outer tracks: 130 km/h (81 mph) inner tracks: 120 km/h (75 mph) |
The JR Kyoto Line (JR京都線 JR Kyōto sen) is the common name of a portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station. The line is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
The Kyoto Line operates in combination with the Biwako Line and the JR Kobe Line, and offers through service trains to the Kosei Line and the JR Takarazuka Line.
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[edit] Trains
Commuter trains are classified in three types:
- Special Rapid Service (新快速 Shin-Kaisoku)
- Continuing service from the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line. Trains stop at Kyōto, Takatsuki, Shin-Ōsaka, and Ōsaka. Trains continue from Ōsaka on the JR Kōbe Line to Himeji and beyond. 223 series EMUs are used. Daytime trains depart every 15 minutes and take 28 minutes from Kyōto to Ōsaka and vice versa.
- Rapid Service (快速 Kaisoku)
- Continuing service from the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line. Trains stop at Kyōto, Nagaokakyō, Takatsuki, Ibaraki, Shin-Ōsaka, and Ōsaka. After the morning, trains also stop at all other stations between Kyōto and Takatsuki and occasionally called local trains on this section. Trains continue from Osaka on the JR Kōbe Line to Himeji and beyond. 223 series EMUs and 221 series EMUs are used.
- Local (普通 Futsū)
- Service from Kyōto to Nishi-Akashi on the JR Kōbe Line, and from Takatsuki to Shin-Sanda on the JR Takarazuka Line. Trains stop at all stations. 321 series EMUs and 207 series EMUs are used.
In addition to the three types of commuter trains, long-distance limited express trains connecting the Kyoto-Osaka region with Kansai International Airport (Haruka services), Hokuriku region (Thunderbird and Raichō services) and other areas also frequently operate on the line. Freight trains also operate on the line except for the section near Ōsaka Station where freight trains use separate freight lines.
[edit] Stations
Local trains stop at all stations. Rapid Service trains stop at stations marked "R" (all day) and "r" (except in the morning). Special Rapid Service trains stop at stations marked "S".
[edit] Closed station
From September 5, 1876 to the opening of Kyoto Station on February 6, 1877, Ōmiyadōri Temporary Station (大宮通仮停車場 Ōmiyadōri Kari Teishajō) was the station for the city of Kyoto. The temporary station was located at 40 chains (0.80 km) west of Kyoto Station construction site, or 3 miles and 47 chains (5.77 km) away from Mukōmachi Station.
[edit] History
The line now called the JR Kyoto Line opened in 1876, only four years after the opening of the first railway in Japan. The naming of the JR Kyoto Line was in 1988.
- July 26, 1876 – Government railway opens the section between Ōsaka and Mukōmachi with an intermediate station at Takatsuki
- August 9, 1876 – Yamazaki Station, Ibaraki Station and Suita Station open
- September 5, 1876 – Government railway opens the section between Mukōmachi and Ōmiyadōri temporary station, west of under construction Kyoto Station
- February 6, 1877 – Kyoto Station opens and Ōmiyadōri temporary station closes
- July 25, 1924 – Settsu-Tonda Station opens
- August 1, 1931 – Kōtari Station (present-day Nagaokakyō Station) opens
- July 20, 1934 – Electrification of section between Suita and Suma (west of Ōsaka) completes
- October 10, 1937 – Electrification of section between Kyoto and Suita completes
- September 16, 1938 – Nishiōji Station opens
- December 1, 1938 – Senrioka Station opens
- April 1, 1940 – Higashi-Yodogawa Station opens
- April 11, 1947 – Kishibe Station opens
- June 1, 1949 - Japanese National Railways (JNR) becomes the operator of the line
- October 1, 1964 – Shin-Ōsaka Station opens with a Tōkaidō Shinkansen connection
- October 1, 1970 – Operation of Special Rapid Service starts
- April 1, 1987 - JR West becomes the operator of the line following privatization of JNR
- March 13, 1988 – JR West starts the use of the line name JR Kyoto Line
- March 15, 2008 – Shimamoto Station opens (first opening of new station after the naming in 1988)
- October 18, 2008 – Katsuragawa Station opens
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