Karasuma Line

Karasuma Line
Karasuma Line
	10 series (first batch) EMU on an express service bound for Kintetsu Nara
Overview
Locale	Kyoto
Termini	Kokusaikaikan; Kyoto;
Stations	15
Website	http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kyoto Municipal Subway
Operator(s)	Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Depot(s)	Takeda
Rolling stock	10 series EMUs
History
Opened	May 29, 1981
Technical
Line length	13.7 km (8.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	75 km/h (45 mph)*
Route map
Route map
	Subway Map

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The Karasuma Line (烏丸線, Karasuma-sen) is one of the two lines of the Kyoto Municipal Subway operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau in Kyoto, Japan. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is colored green, and its stations are given numbers following the letter K. It serves the following wards of Kyoto: Sakyō-ku, Kita-ku, Kamigyō-ku, Nakagyō-ku, Shimogyō-ku, Minami-ku, and Fushimi-ku. It connects Kokusaikaikan in Sakyō-ku and Kyoto in Minami-ku.

Between Kitaōji and Kyoto Municipal Subway, trains run beneath the north-south Karasuma Street, hence the name. They link to the other subway line, the Tozai Line, at Karasuma Oike. They also connect to the JR lines at Kyoto Station and the Hankyu Kyoto Line running beneath Shijō Street at the intersection of Shijō Karasuma, Kyoto's central business district. At Shijō Karasuma, the subway station is named Shijō, whereas Hankyu's station is called Karasuma.

The Transportation Bureau and Kintetsu Corporation jointly operate through services, which continue to the Kintetsu Kyoto Line to Kintetsu Nara Station in Nara. The Karasuma Line and the Kintetsu Kyoto Line connect at Kyoto and Takeda.

Rolling stock

Station No.	Station name	Transfers	Location
K01	Kokusaikaikan		Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
K02	Kyoto		Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
K03	Kyoto		Kita-ku, Kyoto
K04	Kitaōji		Kita-ku, Kyoto
K05	Kuramaguchi		Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
K06	Imadegawa		Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
K07	Marutamachi		Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
K08	Karasuma Oike	Tozai Line (T13)	Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
K09	Shijō	Hankyu Kyoto Line (Karasuma Station)	Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
K10	Kyoto
K11	Kyoto	Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line, Biwako Line), Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line), Nara Line Kintetsu Kyoto Line
K12	Kyoto		Minami-ku, Kyoto
K13	Kyoto Municipal Subway		Minami-ku, Kyoto
K14	Kuinabashi		Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
K15	Kyoto	Kintetsu Kyoto Line (through trains available)	Fushimi-ku, Kyoto

The section between Kitaōji and Kyoto was completed on May 29, 1981.^[1]
The line was extended from Kyoto to Kyoto on June 11, 1988.^[1]
Through services from Kitaōji to Shin-Tanabe on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line started on August 28, 1988.
The line was extended from Kitaōji to Kyoto on October 24, 1990.
Oike Station was renamed Karasuma Oike Station on May 22, 1997, prior to the inauguration of the Tōzai Line running beneath the east-west Oike Street (御池通, Oike-dōri).
The line was extended from Kyoto to Kokusaikaikan on June 3, 1997.
Express services from Kokusaikaikan to Kintetsu Nara in Nara started on March 15, 2000.

This article was translated from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on July 4, 2009.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Japan's Private Railways). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.