Keiō Line

Keio Line
Keio Line
	A Keio 8000 series EMU on the Keio Line in 2007
Overview
Native name	京王線
Owner	Keio Corporation
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Shinjuku; Keiō-Hachiōji;
Stations	32
Website	www.keio.co.jp
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Daily ridership	1,349,238 (daily, 2010)
History
Opened	1913
Technical
Line length	37.9 km (23.55 mi)
Track gauge	1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) Scotch Gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC
Operating speed	110 km/h (70 mph)

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The Keio Line (京王線, Keiō-sen) is a 37.9 km railway line in western Tokyo, Japan, owned by the private railway operator Keio Corporation. It connects Shinjuku, Tokyo, with the suburban city of Hachiōji. The Keio Line is part of a network with interchanges and through running to other lines of Keio Corporation: the Keio New Line, Keio Sagamihara Line, the Keibajo Line, the Dobutsuen Line, the Takao Line, and the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge Keio Inokashira Line.

Services

Six different types of limited-stop services are operated on the Keio Line, along with local trains. Destinations are from Shinjuku unless otherwise indicated. English abbreviations are tentative for this article.

Keio Liner (京王ライナー, Keiō rainā) (KL): Reserved-seat supplementary-fare services bound for Keiō-Hachiōji and Hashimoto.
Special Express (特急, tokkyū) (SPE): 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 Hashimoto, Keiō-Hachiōji and Takaosanguchi.
Express (急行, kyūkō) (E): Most services run from the Toei Shinjuku Line locally and used as the express on the Sagamihara Line via Chōfu in mornings and evenings; other services in mornings and evenings are bound for Keiō-Hachiōji, Takaosanguchi and Takahatafudō.^[2]
Semi Express (区間急行, kukan kyūkō) (SeE): Most bound for on the Sagamihara Line. Until 2013, these were weekday-only services called "Commuter Rapid" (通勤快速, tsūkin kaisoku).
Rapid (快速, kaisoku) (R): Most services for Hashimoto and Keiō-Tama-Center on the Sagamihara Line, and Takaosanguchi on the Takao Line
Local (各駅停車, kakueki teisha): Also known as kakutei (各停) for short. Until 2001 it was called futsū (普通).

Stations

All stations are located in Tokyo.
Local trains stop at all stations.

Legend:

● - all trains stop at this station;◇- trains stop at this station during special events;｜- all trains pass
R - Rapid; SeE - Semi Express; E - Express; SSE - Semi-Special Express; SpE - Special Express; KL - Keio Liner

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)		R	SeE	E	SSE	SpE	KL	Transfers	Location
No.	Station	Japanese	Between Stations	Total	R	SeE	E	SSE	SpE	KL	Transfers	Location
KO-01	Shinjuku	新宿	-	0.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	JC Chuo Line (Rapid) JB Chuo-Sobu Line JY Yamanote Line JA Saikyo Line JS Shonan Shinjuku Line M Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line (M-08) E Toei Oedo Line (E-27) (Shinjuku-Nishiguchi (E-01)) S Toei Shinjuku Line(S-01) Odakyu Odawara Line Seibu Shinjuku Line (Seibu-Shinjuku)	Shinjuku
Hatsudai and Hatagaya stations are only accessible via the Keio New Line.
KO-04	Sasazuka	笹塚	3.6	3.6	●	●	●	●	｜	↓	Keio New Line (some trains through from Chōfu)	Shibuya
KO-05	Daitabashi	代田橋	0.8	4.4	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓		Setagaya
KO-06	Meidaimae	明大前	0.8	5.2	●	●	●	●	●	↓	Keio Inokashira Line
KO-07	Shimo-Takaido	下高井戸	0.9	6.1	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓	SG Tokyu Setagaya Line
KO-08	Sakurajōsui	桜上水	0.9	7.0	●	●	●	｜	｜	↓
KO-09	Kami-Kitazawa	上北沢	0.8	7.8	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓
KO-10	Hachimanyama	八幡山	0.6	8.4	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓		Suginami
KO-11	Roka-kōen	芦花公園	0.7	9.1	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓		Setagaya
KO-12	Chitose-Karasuyama	千歳烏山	0.8	9.9	●	●	●	●	｜	↓		Setagaya
KO-13	Sengawa	仙川	1.6	11.5	●	●	｜	｜	｜	↓		Chōfu
KO-14	Tsutsujigaoka	つつじヶ丘	1.0	12.5	●	●	●	｜	｜	↓
KO-15	Shibasaki	柴崎	0.8	13.3	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓
KO-16	Kokuryō	国領	0.9	14.2	｜	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓
KO-17	Fuda	布田	0.7	14.9	◇	◇	◇	◇	◇	↓
KO-18	Chōfu	調布	0.6	15.5	●	●	●	●	●	↓	Keio Sagamihara Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
KO-19	Nishi-Chōfu	西調布	1.5	17.0	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓
KO-20	Tobitakyū	飛田給	0.7	17.7	●	◇	◇	◇	◇	↓
KO-21	Musashinodai	武蔵野台	1.1	18.8	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓	Seibu Tamagawa Line (Shiraitodai)	Fuchū
KO-22	Tama-Reien	多磨霊園	0.8	19.6	●	｜	｜	｜	｜	↓
KO-23	Higashi-Fuchū	東府中	0.8	20.4	●	●	●	◇	◇	↓	Keio Keibajo Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
KO-24	Fuchū	府中	1.5	21.9	●	●	●	●	●	●
KO-25	Bubaigawara	分倍河原	1.2	23.1	●	●	●	●	●	●	JN Nambu Line
KO-26	Nakagawara	中河原	1.6	24.7	●	●	｜	◇	｜	↓
KO-27	Seiseki-Sakuragaoka	聖蹟桜ヶ丘	1.6	26.3	●	●	●	●	●	●		Tama
KO-28	Mogusaen	百草園	1.7	28.0	●	●	◇	◇	◇	↓		Hino
KO-29	Takahatafudō	高幡不動	1.7	29.7	●	●	●	●	●	●	Keio Dobutsuen Line (some trains through from Shinjuku) Tama Toshi Monorail Line
KO-30	Minamidaira	南平	2.4	32.1	●	●	｜	｜	｜	↓
KO-31	Hirayamajōshi-kōen	平山城址公園	1.3	33.4	●	●	｜	｜	｜	↓
KO-32	Naganuma	長沼	1.5	34.9	●	●	｜	｜	｜	↓		Hachiōji
KO-33	Kitano	北野	1.2	36.1	●	●	●	●	●	●	Keio Takao Line (some trains through from Shinjuku)
KO-34	Keiō-Hachiōji	京王八王子	1.8	37.9	●	●	●	●	●	●	■ Chuo Main Line (Hachiōji) JH Yokohama Line (Hachiōji) ■ Hachiko Line (Hachiōji)

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

Fuda Station: Chofu City Fireworks Festival
Tobitakyū Station: Soccer games, concerts, etc. at Ajinomoto Stadium
Higashi-Fuchū Station: Events (including the Arima Kinen) at Tokyo Racecourse; transfer to the Keiō Keibajō Line
Nakagawara Station: Seiseki-Tamagawa Fireworks Festival
Mogusaen Station: Saturdays and holidays during the Plum Blossom Festival

History

The Shinjuku to Chōfu section opened in 1913 as a 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge line electrified at 600 V DC, and was progressively extended in both directions so that the line connected Shinjuku and Fuchu in 1916. The Sasazuka to Fuchu section was double-tracked between 1920 and 1923.^{[citation needed]}

The extension to Higashi-Hachiōji (now Keiō-Hachiōji) was completed by a related company, Gyokunan Electric Railway, in 1925. This electrified line was built to the Japanese standard narrow gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) in an attempt to seek a government subsidy, and so trains from each railway could not operate on the other's tracks. The subsidy application was rejected on the basis that the line competed with the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chuo Main Line, and so the Gyokunan Electric Railway merged with the Keio Electric Railway Co., the line was regauged to 1,372 mm, and operation of trains from Shinjuku to Higashi-Hachiōji commenced in 1928.^{[citation needed]}

The Fuchu to Nakagawara and Seiseki-Sakuragaoka to Kitano sections were double-tracked in 1929. In 1963, the Shinjuku underground station, including double-tracking from Sasazuka, commenced service, and the overhead line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC. The Nakagawara to Seiseki-Sakuragaoka section was double-tracked in 1964.^{[citation needed]} The Kitano to Keio-Hachioji section was double-tracked in 1970, and the relocation of the terminal station underground was completed in 1989.^{[citation needed]}

From the start of the revised timetable introduced on 25 September 2015, Semi Special Express services were also to stop at Sasazuka and Chitose-Karasuyama stations, and Semi Express services will also stop at Sengawa Station.^[3]

Level crossings and congestion

The Keiō Line is infamous for its level crossings, of which the 25 lying on the 7.2-kilometer section between Sasazuka and Sengawa stations are classified by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Construction Bureau as akazu no fumikiri as they are closed to road traffic for over 40 minutes in an hour.^[4] The government has plans to remove these crossings by grade-separating this section of the line by 2022.

Congestion on the Keiō Line is also a concern, with trains often running as close as 1 minute apart during rush hours.^[5] In 2016, Keiō and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Construction Bureau proposed that the section between Sasazuka and Chofu be widened to quadruple-track to reduce the effects caused by the present bunching on the existing double-tracked line.^[6]

References

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

^ Keio ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Keio) Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ 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.
^ 9月25日（金）に京王線・井の頭線のダイヤ改正を実施します [Revised timetable to be introduced on Keio Line and Inokashira Line from Friday 25 September] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Keio Corporation. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^ "京王｢開かずの踏切｣日本最多を返上できるか | 通勤電車". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ "京王｢開かずの踏切｣日本最多を返上できるか | 通勤電車". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ "京王｢開かずの踏切｣日本最多を返上できるか | 通勤電車". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

External links

[ridership-1] Keio ridership in 2010 Train Media (sourced from Keio) Retrieved May 28, 2012.

[express_note-2] 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.

[keio20150826-3] 9月25日（金）に京王線・井の頭線のダイヤ改正を実施します [Revised timetable to be introduced on Keio Line and Inokashira Line from Friday 25 September] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Keio Corporation. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

[4] "京王｢開かずの踏切｣日本最多を返上できるか | 通勤電車". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[5] "京王｢開かずの踏切｣日本最多を返上できるか | 通勤電車". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[6] "京王｢開かずの踏切｣日本最多を返上できるか | 通勤電車". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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Related line	Mitake Tozan Cable
Major stations	Chōfu Fuchū Hashimoto Keiō-Hachiōji Meidaimae Shibuya Shimo-Kitazawa Shinjuku Takao Keiō-Tama-Center

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