Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)
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Kyoto Line | |
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Overview | |
Native name | 京都線 |
Owner | Kintetsu Railway |
Line number | B |
Locale | Kyoto Prefecture Nara Prefecture |
Termini | |
Stations | 26 |
Color on map | (#e7a61a) |
Service | |
Type | |
System | Kintetsu Railway |
Operator(s) | Kintetsu Railway |
Depot(s) |
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History | |
Opened | 3 November 1928 |
Technical | |
Line length | 34.6 km (21.5 mi) |
Number of tracks | Double-track |
Character |
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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 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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 | |
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B01 | ‹See TfM›Kyōto | 京都 | 0.0 | S | S | S |
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Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto Prefecture |
B02 | ‹See TfM›Tōji | 東寺 | 0.9 | S | S | | | Minami-ku, Kyoto | ||
B03 | ‹See TfM›Jūjō | 十条 | 1.5 | | | | | | | |||
B04 | ‹See TfM›Kamitobaguchi | 上鳥羽口 | 2.5 | | | | | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | ||
B05 | ‹See TfM›Takeda | 竹田 | 3.6 | S | S | | | Karasuma Line (K15) | ||
B06 | ‹See TfM›Fushimi | 伏見 | 4.9 | | | | | | | |||
B07 | ‹See TfM›Kintetsu-Tambabashi | 近鉄丹波橋 | 6.0 | S | S | S | Keihan Main Line (‹See TfM›Tambabashi) (KH30) | ||
B08 | ‹See TfM›Momoyamagoryōmae | 桃山御陵前 | 6.5 | S | S | | | |||
B09 | ‹See TfM›Mukaijima | 向島 | 8.6 | S | | | | | |||
B10 | ‹See TfM›Ogura | 小倉 | 11.4 | S | | | | | Uji | ||
B11 | ‹See TfM›Iseda | 伊勢田 | 12.7 | S | | | | | |||
B12 | ‹See TfM›Ōkubo | 大久保 | 13.6 | S | S | | | |||
B13 | ‹See TfM›Kutsukawa | 久津川 | 14.6 | S | | | | | Jōyō | ||
B14 | ‹See TfM›Terada | 寺田 | 15.9 | S | | | | | |||
B15 | ‹See TfM›Tonoshō | 富野荘 | 17.4 | S | | | | | |||
B16 | ‹See TfM›Shin-Tanabe | 新田辺 | 19.6 | S | S | | | Kyōtanabe | ||
B17 | ‹See TfM›Kōdo | 興戸 | 21.1 | M | | | ||||
B18 | ‹See TfM›Miyamaki | 三山木 | 22.4 | M | | | ||||
B19 | ‹See TfM›Kintetsu Miyazu | 近鉄宮津 | 23.1 | M | | | ||||
B20 | ‹See TfM›Komada | 狛田 | 24.4 | | | | | Seika | |||
B21 | ‹See TfM›Shin-Hōsono | 新祝園 | 26.7 | S | S | H Gakkentoshi Line (‹See TfM›Hōsono) (JR-H20) | |||
B22 | ‹See TfM›Kizugawadai | 木津川台 | 28.2 | | | | | ||||
B23 | ‹See TfM›Yamadagawa | 山田川 | 29.2 | | | | | ||||
B24 | ‹See TfM›Takanohara | 高の原 | 30.8 | S | X | Nara | Nara Prefecture | ||
B25 | ‹See TfM›Heijō | 平城 | 33.5 | | | | | ||||
B26 | ‹See TfM›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, ‹See TfM›Kashiharajingū-mae
- Express: Nara, ‹See TfM›Tenri, Kashiharajingū-mae
- Limited Express: Nara, Kashiharajingū-mae, ‹See TfM›Kashikojima
References
[edit]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.