Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)

Kyoto Line
Kyoto Line
	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
Color on map	(#e7a61a)
Service
Type	Heavy rail; Commuter rail;
System	Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)	Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)	Shin-Tanabe; Saidaiji; Miyazu;
History
Opened	3 November 1928; 95 years ago
Technical
Line length	34.6 km (21.5 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track
Character	Heavy rail; Commuter rail;
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Operating speed	105 km/h (65 mph)
Signalling	Automatic closing block
Train protection system	Kintetsu ATS, ATS-SP
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Kintetsu Lines unless noted
	Kyoto Municipal Subway
	Karasuma Line
	Kyoto Tram
	Kujō Line
	Keihan Main Line
	to Demachiyanagi
	Yodo-Gawa Bridge
	over Uji River
	Kizu-Gawa Bridge
	over Kizu River
	JR-West Katamachi Line
	to Kyōbashi
	Miyazu
	Kintetsu
	Depot
	Miyazu
	JR-West Katamachi Line
	to Kizu
	Kyoto Prefecture
	Nara Prefecture
	Kintetsu Nara Line
	to Osaka Namba
	Kintetsu Nara
	Nara Line
	Kashihara Line
	to Kashiharajingū-mae

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.

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]}

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	Distance (km)	SE	Ex	LE	Transfers	Location
B01	Kyōto	京都	0.0	S	S	S	Tōkaidō Shinkansen A Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) (JR-A31) A JR Kyōto Line D Nara Line (JR-D01) E Sagano Line (San'in Main Line) (JR-E01) Karasuma Line (K11)	Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto	Kyoto Prefecture
B02	Tōji	東寺	0.9	S	S	\|		Minami-ku, Kyoto
B03	Jūjō	十条	1.5	\|	\|	\|		Minami-ku, Kyoto
B04	Kamitobaguchi	上鳥羽口	2.5	\|	\|	\|		Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
B05	Takeda	竹田	3.6	S	S	\|	Karasuma Line (K15)
B06	Fushimi	伏見	4.9	\|	\|	\|
B07	Kintetsu-Tambabashi	近鉄丹波橋	6.0	S	S	S	Keihan Main Line (Tambabashi) (KH30)
B08	Momoyamagoryōmae	桃山御陵前	6.5	S	S	\|
B09	Mukaijima	向島	8.6	S	\|	\|
B10	Ogura	小倉	11.4	S	\|	\|		Uji
B11	Iseda	伊勢田	12.7	S	\|	\|
B12	Ōkubo	大久保	13.6	S	S	\|
B13	Kutsukawa	久津川	14.6	S	\|	\|		Jōyō
B14	Terada	寺田	15.9	S	\|	\|
B15	Tonoshō	富野荘	17.4	S	\|	\|
B16	Shin-Tanabe	新田辺	19.6	S	S	\|		Kyōtanabe
B17	Kōdo	興戸	21.1		M	\|
B18	Miyamaki	三山木	22.4		M	\|
B19	Kintetsu Miyazu	近鉄宮津	23.1		M	\|
B20	Komada	狛田	24.4		\|	\|		Seika
B21	Shin-Hōsono	新祝園	26.7		S	S	H Gakkentoshi Line (Hōsono) (JR-H20)
B22	Kizugawadai	木津川台	28.2		\|	\|
B23	Yamadagawa	山田川	29.2		\|	\|
B24	Takanohara	高の原	30.8		S	X		Nara	Nara Prefecture
B25	Heijō	平城	33.5		\|	\|
B26	Yamato-Saidaiji	大和西大寺	34.6		S	S	B Kashihara Line (through service) (B26) A Kintetsu-Nara Line (A26)

Trains down to

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

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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