Keiō Line

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     Keiō Line

Keiō 8000 series EMU heading for Keiō-Hachiōji Station
Overview
Type Commuter rail
Locale Tokyo Metropolis, Kanagawa Prefecture
Termini Shinjuku
Keiō-Hachiōji
Stations 32
Website http://www.keio.co.jp/
Operation
Opened 1913
Owner Keiō Corporation
Technical
Line length 37.9 km (23.55 mi)
Track gauge 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) 
Electrification 1500 V DC
Operating speed 110 km/h (68 mph)

The Keiō Line (京王線 Keiō-sen?) is a 37.9 km railway line in western Tokyo, Japan owned by the Keio Corporation. It runs from Shinjuku, Tokyo, to the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keio Line is part of a network with interchanges and through running to other lines of the Keio Corporation: the Keiō New Line, Keiō Sagamihara Line, the Keibajō Line, the Dōbutsuen Line, the Takao Line and the 1,067 mm gauge Inokashira Line.

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[edit] History

The Shinjuku to Chōfu portion opened in 1913. The extension to Higashi-Hachiōji (now Keiō-Hachiōji) was completed by a related company, Gyokunan Electric Railway, in 1925. This extension, however, was built to the Japanese standard narrow gauge of 1,067 mm, and so trains from each railway could not operate on the other's tracks. Operation of trains from Shinjuku to Higashi-Hachiōji started in 1928 once the entire line's gauge was unified at 1,372 mm.

[edit] Services

Five types of rapid services are operated on the Keiō Line, along with local trains. Destinations are from Shinjuku unless noted. English abbreviations are tentative for this article.

Special Express (特急 tokkyū?) (SE)
Most services bound for Keiō-Hachiōji and Takaosanguchi; can make the run from Shinjuku in 37 minutes and to Shinjuku in 39 minutes.
Semi Special Express (準特急 juntokkyū?) (SSE)
Most services bound for Keiō-Hachiōji and Takaosanguchi.
Express (急行 kyūkō?) (E)
Most services run from the Toei Shinjuku Line through onto the Sagamihara Line via Chōfu; other services in mornings and evenings are bound for Keiō-Hachiōji, Takaosanguchi and Takahatafudō.[1]
Commuter Rapid (通勤快速 tsūkin kaisoku?) (CR)
Weekday only service; most bound for on the Sagamihara Line.
Rapid (快速 kaisoku?) (R)
Most services for Hashimoto and Keiō-Tama-Center on the Sagamihara Line.
Local (各駅停車 kakueki teisha?)
Also known as kakutei (各停?) for short. Until 2001 it was called futsū (普通?).

[edit] Stations

  • All stations are located in Tokyo.
  • Local trains stop at every station.

Legend:

  • ● - all trains stop at this station;◇- trains stop at this station during special events;｜- all trains pass
  • R - Rapid; CR - Commuter Rapid; E - Express; SSE - Semi-Special Express; SE - Special Express
Station Japanese Distance (km) R CR E SSE SE Transfers Location
Between
Stations		 Total
Shinjuku 新宿駅 - 0.0 ● ● ● ● ● JR East: Chūō Line (Rapid), Chūō-Sōbu Line, Yamanote Line, Saikyō Line, Shōnan Shinjuku Line
Tokyo Metro: ○Marunouchi Line (M-08)
Toei Subway: ○Ōedo Line (E-27) (Shinjuku-Nishiguchi (E-01)), ○Toei Shinjuku Line(S-01)
Odakyū Electric Railway: Odawara Line
Seibu Railway: Shinjuku Line (Seibu-Shinjuku)		 Shinjuku
Hatsudai and Hatagaya stations are only accessible via the Keiō New Line.
Sasazuka 笹塚駅 3.6 3.6 ● ● ● ｜ ｜ Keiō Corporation: Keiō New Line (some trains through from Chōfu) Shibuya
Daitabashi 代田橋駅 0.8 4.4 ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜   Setagaya
Meidaimae 明大前駅 0.8 5.2 ● ● ● ● ● Keiō Corporation: Inokashira Line
Shimo-Takaido 下高井戸駅 0.9 6.1 ● ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ Tōkyū Corporation: Setagaya Line
Sakurajōsui 桜上水駅 0.9 7.0 ● ● ● ｜ ｜  
Kami-Kitazawa 上北沢駅 0.8 7.8 ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜  
Hachimanyama 八幡山駅 0.6 8.4 ● ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜   Suginami
Roka-kōen 芦花公園駅 0.7 9.1 ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜   Setagaya
Chitose-Karasuyama 千歳烏山駅 0.8 9.9 ● ● ● ｜ ｜  
Sengawa 仙川駅 1.6 11.5 ● ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜   Chōfu
Tsutsujigaoka つつじヶ丘駅 1.0 12.5 ● ● ● ｜ ｜  
Shibasaki 柴崎駅 0.8 13.3 ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜  
Kokuryō 国領駅 0.9 14.2 ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜  
Fuda 布田駅 0.7 14.9 ◇ ｜ ◇ ◇ ◇  
Chōfu 調布駅 0.6 15.5 ● ● ● ● ● Keiō Corporation: Sagamihara Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
Nishi-Chōfu 西調布駅 1.5 17.0 ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜  
Tobitakyū 飛田給駅 0.7 17.7 ◇ ｜ ◇ ◇ ◇  
Musashinodai 武蔵野台駅 1.1 18.8 ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ Seibu Railway: Tamagawa Line (Shiraitodai) Fuchū
Tama-Reien 多磨霊園駅 0.8 19.6 ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜ ｜  
Higashi-Fuchū 東府中駅 0.8 20.4 ● ● ● ◇ ｜ Keiō Corporation: Keibajō Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
Fuchū 府中駅 1.5 21.9 ● ● ● ● ●  
Bubaigawara 分倍河原駅 1.2 23.1 ● ● ● ● ｜ JR East: Nambu Line
Nakagawara 中河原駅 1.6 24.7 ● ● ｜ ◇ ｜  
Seiseki-Sakuragaoka 聖蹟桜ヶ丘駅 1.6 26.3 ● ● ● ● ●   Tama
Mogusaen 百草園駅 1.7 28.0 ● ● ◇ ◇ ｜   Hino
Takahatafudō 高幡不動駅 1.7 29.7 ● ● ● ● ● Keiō Corporation: Dōbutsuen Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
Tama Toshi Monorail Line
Minamidaira 南平駅 2.4 32.1 ● ● ｜ ｜ ｜  
Hirayamajōshi-kōen 平山城址公園駅 1.3 33.4 ● ● ｜ ｜ ｜  
Naganuma 長沼駅 1.5 34.9 ● ● ｜ ｜ ｜   Hachiōji
Kitano 北野駅 1.2 36.1 ● ● ● ● ｜ Keiō Corporation: Takao Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
Keiō-Hachiōji 京王八王子駅 1.8 37.9 ● ● ● ● ● JR East: Chūō Main Line, Yokohama Line, Hachikō Line (Hachiōji)

Events at stations marked with a "◇" symbol for which trains make stops:

[edit] References

  1. ^ During race days at Tokyo Racecourse, express services run through on the Keibajō Line to Fuchukeibajō-Shōmonmae; there is also direct express service through on the Dōbutsuen Line to Tama-Dōbutsukōen.

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