Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)

The Template:Nihongo 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 Template:Nihongo 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.<ref name=Takayama>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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.<ref name=Takayama/>

Between 1945 and 1968, there were through services with the Keihan Main Line using crossovers at Tambabashi.<ref name=Teramoto>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The line voltage was increased to 1,500 V DC in 1969, and in 1988 through services with the Karasuma Line were introduced.Template: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
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	0.0	S	S	S	Template:Plainlist	Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto	Kyoto Prefecture
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	0.9	S	S	|		Minami-ku, Kyoto
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	1.5	|	|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	2.5	|	|	|		Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	3.6	S	S	|	Template:Ric Karasuma Line (K15)
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	4.9	|	|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	6.0	S	S	S	Keihan Main Line (Template:STN) (KH30)
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	6.5	S	S	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	8.6	S	|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	11.4	S	|	|		Uji
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	12.7	S	|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	13.6	S	S	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	14.6	S	|	|		Jōyō
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	15.9	S	|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	17.4	S	|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	19.6	S	S	|		Kyōtanabe
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	21.1		M	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	22.4		M	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	23.1		M	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	24.4		|	|		Seika
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	26.7		S	|	Template:Rcb Template:Lnl (Template:STN) (JR-H20)
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	28.2		|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	29.2		|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	30.8		S	X		Nara	Nara Prefecture
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	33.5		|	|
Template:RouteBox	Template:STN	Template:Lang	34.6		S	S	Template:Rcb Template:Lnl (through service) (B26) Template:Rcb Template:Lnl (A26)

Trains down to

• Local: Nara, Template:STN
• Express: Nara, Template:STN, Kashiharajingū-mae
• Limited Express: Nara, Kashiharajingū-mae, Template:STN

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia. Template:Reflist

External links

• Tourist Guide of Kintetsu