Kosei Line

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Kosei Line
Locale Kyoto Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture
Dates of operation 1974–present
Track gauge 1,067 mm / 3 ft 6 in
(narrow gauge)
Headquarters N/A

The Kosei Line (湖西線 Kosei-sen?) is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company. The line was completed in 1974 by the former Japanese National Railways to provide faster access from the Kansai region to the Hokuriku region. It originates at Yamashina Station in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto and ends at Omi-Shiotsu Station in Nishiasai, Ika District, Shiga Prefecture.

Its name means "the line to the west of the lake," indicating that it skirts Lake Biwa along its western shore. Trains continue from Yamashina to Kyoto Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line for convenient transfer to lines serving the Kansai as well as the Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

The section from Nagahara to Omi-Shiotsu was reelectrificated to 1,500 V DC on September 24, 2006, and the Special Rapid (新快速) through train service from Kyoto Line (Tokaido Main Line) was extended beyond Omi-Shiotsu, the line terminus, to Tsuruga on the Hokuriku Main Line.

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  • Rapid (morning): Operated to Himeji on weekdays (Special Rapid Service from Kyoto to Himeji), and to Osaka on Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and Obon days.
  • Rapid (evening): Operated from Osaka on weekdays (Special Rapid Service from Osaka to Kyoto), and from Kyoto on Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and Obon days.
Station Name Distance Between Stations Distance from Yamashina Local Rapid (evening) Rapid (morning) Special Rapid Connecting Lines Location
Tōkaidō Main Line
Kyoto
京都		 5.5 5.5 ● ● ● ● Central Japan Railway Company: Tokaido Shinkansen
West Japan Railway Company: Tōkaidō Main Line
Kintetsu: Kyoto Line
Kyoto Municipal Subway: Karasuma Line		 Kyoto Shimogyo-ku
Kosei Line
Yamashina
山科		 - 0.0 ● ● ● ● West Japan Railway Company: Tōkaidō Main Line
Kyoto Municipal Subway: Tōzai Line
Keihan Electric Railway: Keishin Line		 Kyoto Yamashina-ku
Ōtsukyō
大津京		 5.4 5.4 ● ● ● ● Keihan Electric Railway: Ishiyama Sakamoto Line Shiga Ōtsu
Karasaki
唐崎		 3.1 8.5 ● ↓ ↑ ｜  
Hieizan Sakamoto
比叡山坂本		 2.6 11.1 ● ● ● ●  
Ogoto-onsen
おごと温泉		 3.4 14.5 ● ● ● ｜  
Katata
堅田		 3.2 17.7 ● ● ● ●  
Ono
小野		 2.1 19.8 ● ↓ ↑ ｜  
Wani
和邇		 2.7 22.5 ● ｜ ｜ ｜  
Hōrai
蓬莱		 2.4 24.9 ● ｜ ｜ ｜  
Shiga
志賀		 2.4 27.3 ● ｜ ｜ ｜  
Hira
比良		 2.7 30.0 ● ↓ ↑ ｜  
Ōmi-Maiko
近江舞子		 2.2 32.2 ● ● ● ●  
Kita Komatsu
北小松		 2.3 34.5 ● ● ↑ ●  
Ōmi-Takashima
近江高島		 6.4 40.9 ● ● ｜ ●   Takashima
Adogawa
安曇川		 4.1 45.0 ● ● ● ●  
Shin-Asahi
新旭		 3.3 48.3 ● ● ↑ ●  
Ōmi-Imazu
近江今津		 4.9 53.2 ● ● ● ●  
Ōmi-Nakashō
近江中庄		 4.8 58.0 ● ● ● ●  
Makino
マキノ		 3.2 61.2 ● ● ● ●  
Nagahara
永原		 7.1 68.3 ● ● ● ●   Nishiazai, Ika District
Ōmi-Shiotsu
近江塩津		 5.8 74.1 ● ● ● ● West Japan Railway Company: Hokuriku Main Line


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