Keihan Main Line
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| Keihan Main Line | |||
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 A Keihan 8000 series limited express in revised color scheme | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | 京阪本線 | ||
| Owner | Keihan Electric Railway | ||
| Locale | Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture | ||
| Termini | |||
| Service | |||
| Depot(s) | Neyagawa, Yodo | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1910 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 49.3 km (30.6 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | 2 (Yodoyabashi - Temmabashi, Neyagawa - Sanjo) 4 (Temmabashi - Neyagawa) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Operating speed | 110 km/h (70 mph)* | ||
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The Keihan Main Line (京阪本線, Keihan-honsen) is a railway line in Japan operated by Keihan Electric Railway. The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains from Kyoto to Osaka are treated as "down" trains, and from Osaka to Kyoto as "up" trains.
Train services
As of March 16, 2013, the following services are operated.[1]
- Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE)
- Commuter Rapid Express (通勤快急, Tsūkin Kaikyū) (CRE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
- Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō) (RE)
- 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)
- Commuter Sub-express (通勤準急, Tsūkin Junkyū) (CSbE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
- Trains are operated from Demachiyanagi, Kuzuha, Hirakatashi to Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima in the morning and pass Moriguchishi.
- Sub-express (準急, Junkyū) (SbE)
- Semi-express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō) (SmE)
- Local (普通, Futsū)
- Trains stop at all stations.
- Operation in non-rush hours per hour
- Limited express: 6 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
- Express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Kuzuha
- Sub. express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
- Local: 6 round trips between Nakanoshima and Kayashima, of which 3 extend to Demachiyanagi
Stations
- 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 number | Station | SmE | SbE | CSbE | Ex | ME | RE | CRE | LE | Location | ||
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| Through section | from Temmabashi: L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Osaka on the Nakanoshima Line | ||||||||||||
| Keihan Main Line | KH01 | Yodoyabashi (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | Chūō-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture | ||
| KH02 | Osaka | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | |||||
| KH03 | Temmabashi (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||
| KH04 | Osaka (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | Miyakojima-ku, Osaka | |||
| KH05 | Noe | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | Jōtō-ku, Osaka | |||
| KH06 | Sekime | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH07 | Morishōji | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | Asahi-ku, Osaka | |||
| KH08 | Sembayashi | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH09 | Takii | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | Moriguchi | |||
| KH10 | Osaka | | | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH11 | Moriguchi-shi (M) | S | S | ↑ | S | ↓ | S | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH12 | Nishisansō | S | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | Kadoma | |||
| KH13 | Kadoma-shi | S | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH14 | Furukawabashi | S | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH15 | Osaka | S | | | ↑ | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH16 | Kayashima (M) | S | S | S | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | Neyagawa | |||
| KH17 | Neyagawashi | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | | | ||||
| KH18 | Kōrien (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | | | ||||
| KH19 | Kōzenji | S | S | S | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | Hirakata | |||
| KH20 | Hirakata-kōen | S | S | S | S | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH21 | Hirakatashi (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||
| KH22 | Gotenyama | S | S | S | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH23 | Osaka | S | S | S | | | ↓ | | | ↑ | | | ||||
| KH24 | Kuzuha (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||
| KH25 | Kyoto | S | S | | | | | ↑ | | | Yawata | Kyoto Prefecture | ||||
| KH26 | Yawatashi (M) | S | S | S | | | ↑ | | | ||||||
| KH27 | Yodo (Kyoto Racecourse) (M) | S | S | s | | | ↑ | s | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | |||||
| KH28 | Chūshojima (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| KH29 | Fushimi-Momoyama | S | S | | | | | ↑ | | | ||||||
| KH30 | Tambabashi (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| KH31 | Sumizome | S | S | | | | | ↑ | | | ||||||
| KH32 | Fujinomori | S | S | | | | | ↑ | | | ||||||
| KH33 | Fukakusa (M) | S | S | | | | | ↑ | | | ||||||
| KH34 | Fushimi-Inari | S | S | S | | | ↑ | | | ||||||
| KH35 | Toba-kaidō | S | S | | | | | ↑ | | | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto | |||||
| KH36 | Tōfukuji | S | S | | | | | ↑ | | | ||||||
| KH37 | Shichijō | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| KH38 | Kiyomizu-Gojō | S | S | S | | | ↑ | | | ||||||
| KH39 | Gion-Shijō | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| KH40 | Sanjō (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
| Ōtō Line | |||||||||||||
| KH41 | Jingū-Marutamachi | S | S | S | | | ↑ | | | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto | |||||
| KH42 | Demachiyanagi (M) | S | S | S | S | S | S | ||||||
Rolling stock
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Keihan 3000 series express (January 2009) -
Keihan 7200 series Express (July 2009)
History
The Temmabashi to Kiyomizu-Gojo section opened as dual track, electrified at 1,500 V DC, in 1910, and was extended to Sanjo in 1915. The Temmabashi to Yodoyabashi section opened in 1963.[citation needed]
See also
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia