Keifuku Electric Railroad

Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd.

Native name	京福電気鉄道株式会社
Romanized name	Keifuku Denki Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha
Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Traded as	TYO: 9049
Industry	Private railroad
Predecessor	Kyoto Dento
Founded	2 May 1942 in Kyoto, Japan
Headquarters	Kyoto, Japan
Coordinates	35°0′12″N 135°44′50″E / 35.00333°N 135.74722°ECoordinates: 35°0′12″N 135°44′50″E / 35.00333°N 135.74722°E
Area served	Japan
Revenue	Â¥11,609 million (2014)
Operating income	Â¥507 million (2014)
Net income	Â¥460 million (2014)
Total assets	Â¥17,407 million (2014)
Total equity	Â¥4,652 million (2014)
Number of employees	881 (2014)
Parent	Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Subsidiaries	Keifuku Bus Kyoto Bus Mikuni Kanko Sangyo
Website	www.keifuku.co.jp

Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd. (京福電気鉄道株式会社 Keifuku Denki Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (but with offices in Fukui Prefecture) in operation since March 2, 1942.^[1] It is a parent company of Keifuku Bus and Kyoto Bus, and an affiliated company of Keihan Electric Railway,^[2] which owns 42.89% of the company stock. The company's stock is traded on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Lines

This railway started service in 1910,^[3] operated at that time by Arashiyama Electric Tram Railway (嵐山電車軌道 Arashiyama Densha Kidō). It was transferred to the Kyoto-based electric power generation company Kyoto Dento (京都電燈 Kyōto Dentō). Later it built the Kitano Line.^[4]

Formerly the company operated several railway lines in Fukui Prefecture. Some of them are now operated by Echizen Railway.^[5]

The Eizan Electric Railway also belonged to Keifuku until 1985.^[6]

Randen

The Randen (嵐電 Randen) is tram lines in Kyoto.

Arashiyama Line

Arashiyama Line
A Randen tram car at Kōryūji Station, in front of Kōryū-ji Temple
Overview
Native name	嵐山本線
Termini	Shijō-Ōmiya Arashiyama
Stations	13
Line number	A
Color on map	red
Website	randen.keifuku.co.jp/en/index.html
Operation
Opened	25 March 1910
Depot(s)	Sai
Technical
Line length	7.2 km (4.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line
Operating speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
Route map

The Arashiyama Line (嵐山本線 Arashiyama Honsen) connects Kyoto's city center (Shijo-Omiya terminal) and scenic Arashiyama area in the western suburb.

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
A1	Shijō-Ōmiya	四条大宮	0	Hankyu Kyoto Main Line	Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
A3	Sai	西院	1.4	Hankyu Kyoto Main Line	Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
A4	Nishiōji-Sanjō	西大路三条	2.0		Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
A5	Yamanouchi	山ノ内	2.8
A6	Randen-Tenjingawa	嵐電天神川	3.7	Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line
A7	Kaikonoyashioro	蚕ノ社	3.9
A8	Uzumasa-Kōryūji	太秦広隆寺	4.4
A9	Katabiranotsuji	帷子ノ辻	5.2	Randen Kitano Line   E   Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line)
A10	Arisugawa	有栖川	5.7
A11	Kurumazaki-Jinja	車折神社	6.2
A12	Rokuōin	鹿王院	6.5
A13	Randen-Saga	嵐電嵯峨	6.9	E   Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line) Sagano Romantic Train
A14	Arashiyama	嵐山	7.2

Kitano Line

Kitano Line
A Randen tram car under cherry blossoms
Overview
Native name	北野線
Termini	Kitano-Hakubaichō Katabiranotsuji
Stations	9
Line number	B
Color on map	blue
Website	randen.keifuku.co.jp/en/index.html
Operation
Opened	3 November 1925
Depot(s)	Sai
Technical
Line length	3.8 km (2.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line
Operating speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
Route map

The Kitano Line (北野線 Kitano Sen) is from Kitano Hakubaicho Station near Kitano Tenmangū to Katabiranotsuji Station in the midst of Arashiyama (Main) Line.

No.	Station	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
B9	Kitano-Hakubaichō	北野白梅町	0		Kita-ku, Kyoto
B8	Tōjiin	等持院	0.7
B7	Ryōanji	龍安寺	0.9		Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
B6	Myōshinji	妙心寺	1.3
B5	Omuro-Ninnaji	御室仁和寺	1.7
B4	Utano	宇多野	2.1
B3	Narutaki	鳴滝	2.6
B2	Tokiwa	常磐	2.9
B1	Satsueisho-mae	撮影所前	3.5
A8	Katabiranotsuji	帷子ノ辻	3.8	Randen Arashiyama Line   E   Sanin Main Line (Sagano Line)

Eizan Cable

Eizan Cable
Legend Eiden Eizan Main Line Yase-Hieizanguchi 0 Cable Car Yase 1.3 Cable Car Hiei Ropeway Hiei Eizan Ropeway

The Eizan Cable (叡山ケーブル Eizan Kēburu), officially the Cable Line (鋼索線 Kōsaku-sen), is a funicular line in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto.

Eizan Ropeway

Eizan Ropeway
Legend Eizan Cable Cable Car Hiei 0 Ropeway Hiei 0.5 Hiei Sanchō

The Eizan Ropeway (叡山ロープウェイ Eizan Rōpuwei) is an aerial tramway in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. The line length is 0.5 km.

The cable and ropeway lines are for visitors to Mount Hiei on the northeastern edge of the city, together with Eizan Electric Railway's Eizan Main Line.

History

Arashiyama Line

The Arashiyama Tram opened the line in 1910, with 1,435 mm gauge and electrified at 600 V DC. The Kyoto Electric Light Company acquired the line in 1918, and double-tracked the track between 1925 and 1928. Keifuku acquired the line in 1942.^[7]

Kitano Line

The Kyoto Electric Light Company opened the line between 1925 and 1926, and double-tracked the Tokiwa to Narutaki section in 1930. Plans to double-track the rest of the line were abandoned as a result of the economic depression. Keifuku acquired the line in 1942.^[7]

Former connecting lines

• Arashiyama Station: A 3 km 1,435 mm gauge line electrified at 600 V DC and dual track except for the Kiyotaki tunnel operated to Kiyotaki between 1929 and 1944. It connected to a 2 km 1,067 mm gauge funicular which climbed 638 m to Atago Jinja on Mount Atago, Kosaku line which operated for the same period. Closed due to war time austerity measures, efforts to re-establish the incline in the 1950s were unsuccessful. (Atagosan Tetsudo)

Etymology

"Keifuku" is composed of two characters "京" and "福", the former denoting Kyoto and the latter Fukui. As the Kyoto Dento lines used to be in Fukui, the hydraulic source, and in Kyoto, the company took the name "Keifuku".

See also

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

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

1. 会社概要：京福電気鉄道 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-03-22.
2. "Group Facilities - Keihan Electric Railway". Retrieved 2015-12-20.
3. JTB Timetable No. 975 (April 2007) (in Japanese). Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 836, 839.
4. Wakuda, Yasuo (和久田康雄) (1993). Shitetsushi Handobukku (私鉄史ハンドブック) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Denkisha KenkyÅ«kai (電気車研究会). p. 127. ISBN 4-88548-065-5.
5. Kokudo KōtsÅ« Shō Tetsudō Kyoku (2003). Tetsudō Yōran (Heisei 15 Nendo) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Denkisha KenkyÅ«kai. ISBN 4-88548-103-1.
6. "会社概要｜叡山電車" [Company Profile - Eizan Electric Railway] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-12-14.
7. "嵐電の歴史" [Randen History] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-12-14.

External links

• Randen
• Keifuku Electric Railroad (Japanese)