Hankyū Kyoto Main Line
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| Line length: | 45.3 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge: | 1435 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage: | 1500 = | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum speed: | 110 km/h | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Kyōto Main Line (京都本線 Kyōto Honsen?) of Hankyu Railway is a railway line links Umeda Station, northern junction of Osaka and Kawaramachi Station in downtown Kyoto, Japan.
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[edit] Definition
The Kyoto Main Line is often called Kyoto Line (京都線 Kyoto sen?) for short, and in a broader sense two branch lines, Senri Line and Arashiyama Line, are included to Kyoto Line by historical, geographical and structural reasons. The other two networks of the Hankū, Kobe Line and Takarazuka Line are called 神宝線 (Shinpōsen?) as a whole.
Officially, the Kyoto Line is from Kawaramachi to Jūsō, however, all trains run over Jūsō to Umeda terminal, using eastern dual track of the Takarazuka Line exclusively. For passengers Kyoto Line is from Umeda to Kawaramachi.
[edit] Rapid service
As of 2007, trains are classified in five types:
- Local (普通 futsū?) (L)
- Semi-Express (準急 junkyū?) (SE)
- Rapid Express (快速急行 kaisoku-kyūkō?) (RE)
- Limited Express (特急 tokkyū?) (RLE)
- Limited Express (通勤特急 tsūkin tokkyū?) (CLE)
- RLE and CLE are different in Japanese and indeed have different stops but the operator translates them into English as the same. In this article the former (tokkyū) is translated as Regular Limited Express, and the latter tsūkin tokkyū as Commutation Limited Express where necessary. Note that they are not official translations.
- Extra Rapid (いい古都エクスプレス Ii Koto Express?)
- operated in autumn, stop at Jūsō, Minamikata, Awaji, Minami-Ibaraki, Ibaraki-shi, Takatsuki-shi, Nagaoka-Tenjin, Katsura, Saiin, Ōmiya, and Karasuma Stations.
[edit] Stations
- S: stop, |: pass
- Semi-Express: including the through Semi-Express trains to and from the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line
No trains stop at Nakatsu which is served by Local trains of Kobe and Takarazuka Lines, because of the absence of platform. There are also through trains to the Senri Line from Awaji Station and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line. Some Semi-Express trains are routed from Kawaramachi Station to Tengachaya Station on the Subway Sakaisuji Line in the morning, and from Tengachaya Station to Ibaraki-shi Station in the evening.
| Station | L | SE | RE | RLE | CLE | Location | |
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| Umeda | S | S | S | S | S | Kita-ku, Osaka | Osaka Prefecture |
| Jūsō | S | S | S | S | S | Yodogawa-ku, Osaka | |
| Minamikata | S | S | |||||
| Sōzenji | S | Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka | |||||
| Awaji | S | S | S | S | |||
| Kami-Shinjō | S | S | |||||
| Aikawa | S | ||||||
| Higashi-Suita Signal Stop | Suita | ||||||
| Shōjaku | S | Settsu | |||||
| Minami-Ibaraki | S | S | Ibaraki | ||||
| Ibaraki-shi | S | S | S | S | |||
| Sōjiji | S | ||||||
| Tonda | S | Takatsuki | |||||
| Takatsuki-shi | S | S | S | S | S | ||
| Kammaki | S | S | |||||
| Minase | S | S | Shimamoto, Mishima District | ||||
| Ōyamazaki | S | S | Ōyamazaki, Otokuni District | Kyoto Prefecture | |||
| Nagaoka-Tenjin | S | S | S | S | S | Nagaokakyō | |
| Nishi-Mukō | S | S | Mukō | ||||
| Higashi-Mukō | S | S | |||||
| Rakusaiguchi | S | S | Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto | ||||
| Katsura | S | S | S | S | S | ||
| Nishi-Kyōgoku | S | S | Ukyō-ku, Kyoto | ||||
| Saiin | S | S | S | S | |||
| Ōmiya | S | S | S | S | Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto | ||
| Karasuma | S | S | S | S | S | Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto | |
| Kawaramachi | S | S | S | S | S | ||
