Keiō Takao Line

Keiō Takao Line
Keiō Takao Line
	Between Takao and Takaosanguchi
Overview
Owner	Keio Corporation
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Kitano; Takaosanguchi;
Stations	7
Service
Type	Commuter rail
History
Opened	1967
Technical
Line length	8.6　km
Track gauge	1,372 mm
Operating speed	105 km/h

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|} The Keiō Takao line (京王高尾線, Keiō Takao-sen) is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Keio Corporation. The line runs between Kitano Station on the Keiō Line, to Takaosanguchi Station, and offers access to Mount Takao at the terminal. It runs on 1,372 mm gauge, voltage is 1,500 V DC.

Most trains are operated through to/from Shinjuku terminal on the Keiō Line.

Rapid service

On the Takao Line, Keiō operates four types of rapid services together with Local trains through to the Keiō Main Line.

Local (各駅停車, Kakueki Teisha) (L)
Commuter Rapid (通勤快速, Tsūkin Kaisoku) (CR)
Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)
Semi Special Express (準特急, Jun Tokkyū) (SSE)
Special Express (特急, Tokkyū) (SE)

Stations

All stations are in Hachiōji, Tokyo.

Station	L	CR	Ex	SSE	SE
Tokyo	S	S	S	S
Keiō-Katakura	S	S
Tokyo	S	S
Mejirodai	S	S	S	S	S
Tokyo	S	S
Tokyo	S	S	S	S	S
Takaosanguchi	S	S	S	S	S

History

Goryō Line

On March 20, 1930, Keiō Electric Tramway opened the Goryō Line, a 6.3 km branch of the Keiō Line, between Kitano Station and Goryōmae Station. The terminus, Goryōmae, was a gateway for the tomb of Emperor Taishō.

The line had three intermediate stations: Katakura, Yamada, and Yokoyama. Yokoyama Station and Goryōmae Station were renamed Musashi-Yokoyama Station and Tamagoryōmae Station respectively in 1937. The line was single track and had a passing loop at Yokoyama Station. On weekdays, the line operated at 30 or 40 minute intervals, while at weekends it operated through trains to Yotsuya-Shinjuku Station, the Tokyo terminal of Keiō at that time, at 20-minute intervals.^[2]

Keiō Electric Tramway was merged into Tokyō Kyūko Dentetsu (present-day Tokyu Corporation) in 1944. The new operator suspended operation of the Goryō Line on January 21, 1945 as a "not needed or not pressing" line, which was subject of the collection of metal for the war effort.

In 1948, Keiō Teito Electric Railway (present-day Keio Corporation) was established and succeeded the former operation of Keiō Electric Tramway including the suspended Goryō Line.

Takao Line

During the economic boom in 1960s, Keiō decided to build a new line to Mount Takao utilizing a part of the still suspended Goryō Line. About 3.7 km from Kitano (to a point in Yamatamachi, Hachiōji) was to be reused and the remaining 2.6 km was officially closed in 1964.

Keiō opened the Takao Line on October 1, 1967. Among the former Goryō Line stations, Katakura Station (newly named Keiō-Katakura Station) and Yamada Station were revived.

References

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Private Railways of Japan). Tokyo, Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 62–63. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ Iijima, Masashi (2003). "Musashi Chūō Denki Tetsudō to Goryōsen ni tsuite". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). 734 (July 2003 Extra). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai: 127. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

External links

Keiō Corporation website Template:En icon

[Terada-1] Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Private Railways of Japan). Tokyo, Japan: Neko Publishing. pp. 62–63. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

[2] Iijima, Masashi (2003). "Musashi Chūō Denki Tetsudō to Goryōsen ni tsuite". The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). 734 (July 2003 Extra). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai: 127. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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