Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)

Kyoto Line
Kyoto Line
	B
	A limited express train
Overview
Native name	京都線
Owner	Kintetsu Railway
Line number	B
Locale	Kyoto Prefecture; Nara Prefecture
Termini	Kyoto; Yamato-Saidaiji;
Stations	26
Service
Type	Heavy rail; Commuter rail;
System	Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)	Shin-Tanabe; Saidaiji; Miyazu;
History
Opened	November 3, 1928; 95 years ago
Technical
Line length	34.6 km (21.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Heavy rail; Commuter rail;
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC; Overhead lines;
Operating speed	105 km/h (65 mph)

Kintetsu Kyoto Line

Legend

Kintetsu Lines unless noted

Kyoto Municipal Subway

Karasuma Line

JR-West lines

B01

Kyōto

0.0

Tokaido Shinkansen

closed 1946

Hachijō

B02

Tōji

0.9

Kujō

Kyoto Tram

Kujō Line

B03

Jūjō

1.5

Jūjō

B04

Kamitobaguchi

2.5

Kamo River

Kuinabashi

Takeda Depot

B05

Takeda

3.6

4.9

Fushimi

B06

Keihan Main Line

to Demachiyanagi

original JNR Nara Line

6.0

B07

6.5

B08

Keihan Uji Line

Yodo-Gawa Bridge

over Uji River

8.6

Mukaijima

B09

B10

Ogura

11.4

B11

Iseda

12.7

JR-West Nara Line

B12

Ōkubo

13.6

Shinden

B13

Kutsukawa

14.6

JR-West Nara Line

B14

Terada

15.9

B15

Tonoshō

17.4

Kizu-Gawa Bridge

over Kizu River

Kizugawa

closed 1974

Shin-Tanabe Depot

JR-West Katamachi Line

to Kyōbashi

19.6

B16

21.1

B17

22.4

B18

Miyazu

23.1

Kintetsu

Depot

B19

24.4

B20

26.7

B21

28.2

Kizugawadai

B22

JR-West Katamachi Line

to Kizu

29.2

B23

30.8

B24

33.5

Heijō

B25

Kintetsu Nara Line

to Osaka Namba

34.6

Yamato-Saidaiji

B26

Kintetsu Nara

Nara Line

A28

Kashihara Line

to Kashiharajingū-mae

Saidaiji Depot

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.

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	SE	Ex	LE	Location
B01	Kyōto	京都	S	S	S	Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto	Kyoto Prefecture
B02	Tōji	東寺	S	S	\|	Minami-ku, Kyoto
B03	Jūjō	十条	\|	\|	\|	Minami-ku, Kyoto
B04	Kamitobaguchi	上鳥羽口	\|	\|	\|	Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
B05	Takeda	竹田	S	S	\|
B06	Fushimi	伏見	\|	\|	\|
B07	Kintetsu-Tambabashi	近鉄丹波橋	S	S	S
B08	Momoyamagoryōmae	桃山御陵前	S	S	\|
B09	Mukaijima	向島	S	\|	\|
B10	Ogura	小倉	S	\|	\|	Uji
B11	Iseda	伊勢田	S	\|	\|
B12	Ōkubo	大久保	S	S	\|
B13	Kutsukawa	久津川	S	\|	\|	Jōyō
B14	Terada	寺田	S	\|	\|
B15	Tonoshō	富野荘	S	\|	\|
B16	Shin-Tanabe	新田辺	S	S	\|	Kyōtanabe
B17	Kōdo	興戸		M	\|
B18	Miyamaki	三山木		M	\|
B19	Kintetsu Miyazu	近鉄宮津		M	\|
B20	Komada	狛田		\|	\|	Seika
B21	Shin-Hōsono	新祝園		S	\|
B22	Kizugawadai	木津川台		\|	\|
B23	Yamadagawa	山田川		\|	\|
B24	Takanohara	高の原		S	X	Nara	Nara Prefecture
B25	Heijō	平城		\|	\|
B26	Yamato-Saidaiji	大和西大寺		S	S

Trains down to

Local: Nara, Kashiharajingū-mae
Express: Nara, Tenri, Kashiharajingū-mae
Limited Express: Nara, Kashiharajingū-mae, Kashikojima

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]}

References

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

^ ^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.
^ 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

Tourist Guide of Kintetsu

[Takayama-1] 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.

[Teramoto-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.

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