Keihan Main Line

Keihan 8000-series limited express (New color)

Keihan 3000-series express (January 2009)

Keihan 8000-series (November 2005, advertising "Yoshitsune")

Keihan 8000-series K-limited express (August 8, 2007, passing Yawatashi Station)

The Keihan Main Line (京阪本線, Keihan-honsen) is a railway line of Keihan Electric Railway. The line is between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. The name of the line is not "the Main Line", but "the Keihan Main Line". There are through services to the Ōtō Line and the Nakanoshima Line. In operation, trains from Kyoto to Osaka are treated as "down" trains, and from Osaka to Kyoto as "up" trains.

Statistics

• Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
• Distance: 49.3 km (30.6 mi)
• Maximum speed：110 km/h (68 mph)
• Electrification: 1500 V DC, overhead lines
• Tracks
  • Double track: Yodoyabashi - Temmabashi, Neyagawa Signal Box - Sanjo
  • Quadruple track: Temmabashi - Neyagawa Signal Box

Train service

as of May 28, 2011 (http://www.keihan.co.jp/news/data_h23/2011-03-01-3.pdf)(Japanese)

Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE)

Trains are operated between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi in both directions. Extra trains are operated from Yodo to Yodoyabashi of the days of horse racing at Kyoto Racecourse as one of the ways to take passengers from the racecourse to Osaka.

Commuter Rapid Express (通勤快急, Tsūkin Kaikyū) (CRE) - "down" trains only

Trains are operated from Demachiyanagi or Kisaichi (Orihime) to Nakanoshima on weekday mornings and pass Moriguchishi.

Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō) (RE)

Trains are operated between Nakanoshima and Demachiyanagi in the morning and the evening, partly terminating at Yodoyabashi.

A Rapid Express "Hikoboshi" train is operated from Nakanoshima to Kisaichi at night on weekdays.

Midnight Express (深夜急行, Shinya Kyūkō) (ME) - "up" trains only

A train departs from Yodoyabashi for Kuzuha at 0:20 a.m. and passes Moriguchishi and Hirakata-kōen.

Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)

Trains are operated between Yodoyabashi and Kuzuha every day with the Extra trains operated from Yodo to Nakanoshima on the horse racing days at Kyoto Racecourse as one of the ways to take passengers from the racecourse to Osaka.

Commuter Sub-express (通勤準急, Tsūkin Junkyū) (CSbE) - "down" trains only

Trains are operated from Demachiyanagi, Kuzuha, Hirakatashi to Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima in the morning and pass Moriguchishi.

Sub-express (準急, Junkyū) (SbE)

Trains are operated between Nakanoshima and Demachiyanagi every day.

Semi-express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō) (SmE)

Trains are operated between Nakanoshima and Kuzuha at longest. Mainly arrive at and depart from Nakanoshima every day, sometimes arrive at Yodoyabashi in the morning on weekdays.

Local (普通, Futsū)

Trains stop at all stations: between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi, between Nakanoshima and Demachiyanagi, between Nakanoshima and Kayashima.

Stations

Keihan Main Line

Legend Nakanoshima Watanabebashi Osaka Subway: Yotsubashi Line(Higobashi) Nakanoshima Line Ōebashi Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line 0.0 Yodoyabashi Naniwabashi Osaka Subway: Sakaisuji Line 0.5 Kitahama Higashi Yokobori River Keihan Line/Nakanoshima Line 1.3 Temmabashi (second) 1963- Osaka Subway: Tanimachi Line Temmabashi (first) -1963 Tosabori River Neya River Kyōbashi (first) -1910 JR West: JR Tōzai Line Osaka Subway: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Katamachi -1969 3.0 Kyōbashi 1969- JR-W: Osaka Loop Line Kyōbashi (Second) -1969 JR-W: Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) Gamo abandoned in 1932 Gamo Signal Box -1970 Osaka Subway: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line JNR: Yodogawa Freight Line Tatsumi Signal Box JR-W: Joto Freight Line 4.6 Noe (second) 1931- Noe (first) -1931 Osaka Subway: Imazatosuji Line 5.3 Sekime/ Sekime-Seiiku Hanshin Expressway Route 12 Moriguchi Line 6.2 Morishōji (second) 1931- Morishōji (first) -1931 6.8 Sembayashi 7.2 Takii Osaka Subway: Imazatosuji Line 7.6 Doi 8.3 Moriguchishi Moriguchi Depot and Workshop -1972 9.4 Nishisansō Kadoma -1975 Kinki Expressway Osaka Monorail: Main Line 10.1 Kadoma-shi 10.8 Furukawabashi 12.0 Ōwada 12.8 Kayashima Neyagawa Depot and Workshop Neyagawa Signal Box 15.0 Neyagawashi Toyono abandoned in 1963 17.6 Korien 19.1 Kozenji 20.8 Hirakata-koen 21.8 Hirakatashi Amano River Katano Line 23.5 Goten-yama 25.5 Makino 27.7 Kuzuha Osaka/Kyoto 30.1 Hashimoto 31.8 Yawatashi Otokoyama Cable Line Kizu River Keiji Bypass Uji River Yodo Depot 35.3 Yodo Hanshin Expressway Route 8 Kyoto Line Shin-Takase River Horikawa River Kyoto Tram: Fushimi Line 39.7 Chūshojima Kintetsu: Kyōto Line Uji Line Uji River 40.6 Fushimi-Momoyama Momoyamagoryōmae bypass tracks removed 41.3 Tambabashi Kintetsu Tambabashi bypass tracks removed 42.3 Sumizome Lake Biwa Canal Nanase River 43.3 Fujinomori Meishin Expressway 44.1 Fukakusa/Fukakusa Depot JR-W: Nara Line Inari/Kyōto Tram: Inari Line 44.6 Fushimi Inari Hanshin Expressway Route 8 Kyoto Line Inariyama Tunnel 45.2 Tobakaidō Kamo River Kyōto Tram: Kujō Line 46.1 Tōfukuji JR-W: Nara Line JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR-W: Tōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line) Shiokōji closed in 1918, abandoned in 1955 47.0 Shichijō Kyōto Tram: Shichijō Line Daibutsu-mae abandoned in 1913 47.7 Kiyomizu-Gojō Hankyū: Kyoto Main Line/Kawaramachi Kawaramachi 48.6 Gion-Shijō Kyōto Tram: Shijō Line Keihan Line/Keishin Line 49.2 Sanjō Keishin-Sanjō 49.3 Sanjō Kyoto Subway: Tōzai Line (Sanjō Keihan) Ōtō Line Lake Biwa Canal 50.3 Jingū-Marutamachi 51.6 Demachiyanagi Eizan Railway Eizan Main Line

• S: Trains stop.
• s: limited stop
• |, ↑, ↓: Trains pass.
• ↑, ↓: Only one direction.
• (M): Stations using melodies composed by musician Minoru Mukaiya in train departure announcements.
• For train abbreviations, see above.

Line name	Station	SmE	SbE	CSbE	Ex	ME	RE	CRE	LE	Location
	Through section	from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line
Keihan Main Line	Yodoyabashi (M)	S	S	S	S	S	S		S	Chūō-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
	Kitahama	S	S	S	S	S	S		S
	Temmabashi (M)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	Kyōbashi (M)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	Miyakojima-ku, Osaka
	Noe	|	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|	Jōtō-ku, Osaka
	Sekime	|	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Morishōji	|	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|	Asahi-ku, Osaka
	Sembayashi	|	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Takii	|	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|	Moriguchi
	Doi	|	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Moriguchi-shi (M)	S	S	↑	S	↓	S	↑	|
	Nishisansō	S	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|	Kadoma
	Kadoma-shi	S	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Furukawabashi	S	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Ōwada	S	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Kayashima (M)	S	S	S	|	↓	|	↑	|	Neyagawa
	Neyagawa Signal Box	|	|	↑	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Neyagawashi	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	|
	Kōrien (M)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	|
	Kōzenji	S	S	S	|	↓	|	↑	|	Hirakata
	Hirakata-kōen	S	S	S	S	↓	|	↑	|
	Hirakatashi (M)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	Gotenyama	S	S	S	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Makino	S	S	S	|	↓	|	↑	|
	Kuzuha (M)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	Hashimoto		S	S	|		|	↑	|	Yawata	Kyoto Prefecture
	Yawatashi (M)		S	S	S		|	↑	|
	Yodo (Kyoto Racecourse) (M)		S	S	s		|	↑	s	Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
	Chūshojima (M)		S	S	S		S	S	S
	Fushimi-Momoyama		S	S	|		|	↑	|
	Tambabashi (M)		S	S	S		S	S	S
	Sumizome		S	S	|		|	↑	|
	Fujinomori		S	S	|		|	↑	|
	Fukakusa (M)		S	S	|		|	↑	|
	Fushimi-Inari		S	S	S		|	↑	|
	Toba-kaidō		S	S	|		|	↑	|	Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
	Tōfukuji		S	S	|		|	↑	|
	Shichijō		S	S	S		S	S	S
	Kiyomizu-Gojō		S	S	S		|	↑	|
	Gion-Shijō		S	S	S		S	S	S
	Sanjō (M)		S	S	S		S	S	S
Ōtō Line
	Jingū-Marutamachi		S	S	S		|	↑	|	Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
	Demachiyanagi (M)		S	S	S		S	S	S
	Through section	from Hirakatashi: RE, CRE: to Kisaichi on the Katano Line