Kintetsu Kyoto Line

Kintetsu Kyoto Line

A limited express train
Overview
Native name 京都線
Type heavy rail
Locale Kyoto Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Termini Kyoto
Yamato-Saidaiji
Stations 26
Line number B
Operation
Opened November 3, 1928
Owner Kintetsu Corporation
Depot(s) Saidaiji
Shin-Tanabe
Miyazu
Technical
Line length 34.6 km (21.5 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead lines
Operating speed 105 km/h (65 mph)

The Kintetsu Kyoto Line (近鉄京都線 Kintetsu Kyōto-sen) is a Japanese railway line operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Corporation. 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.

Stations

No. Name Japanese SE Ex LE Location
B01 Kyōto 京都 S S S Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture
B02 Tōji 東寺 S S | Minami-ku, Kyoto
B03 Jūjō 十条 | | |
B04 Kamitobaguchi 上鳥羽口 | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
B05 Takeda 竹田 S S |
B06 Fushimi 伏見 | | |
B07 Kintetsu Tambabashi 近鉄丹波橋 S S S
B08 Momoyamagoryōmae 桃山御陵前 S S |
B09 Mukaijima 向島 S | |
B10 Ogura 小倉 S | | Uji
B11 Iseda 伊勢田 S | |
B12 Ōkubo 大久保 S S |
B13 Kutsukawa 久津川 S | | Jōyō
B14 Terada 寺田 S | |
B15 Tonoshō 富野荘 S | |
B16 Shin-Tanabe 新田辺 S S | Kyōtanabe
B17 Kōdo 興戸 M |
B18 Miyamaki 三山木 M |
B19 Kintetsu Miyazu 近鉄宮津 M |
B20 Komada 狛田 | | Seika
B21 Shin-Hōsono 新祝園 S |
B22 Kizugawadai 木津川台 | |
B23 Yamadagawa 山田川 | |
B24 Takanohara 高の原 S X Nara Nara Prefecture
B25 Heijō 平城 | |
B26 Yamato-Saidaiji 大和西大寺 S S

Trains down to

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 thousand shares out of the company's 1.9 million shares, while Keihan Electric Railway owned 710 thousand 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.

References

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

  1. 1 2 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.
  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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