Kintetsu Kyoto Line
| Kyoto Line | |
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 A limited express train | |
| Overview | |
| Type | heavy rail |
| Locale |
Kyoto Prefecture Nara Prefecture |
| Termini |
Kyoto Yamato-Saidaiji |
| Stations | 26 |
| Operation | |
| Opening | November 3, 1928 |
| Owner | Kintetsu Corporation |
| Operator(s) | Kintetsu Corporation |
| Depot(s) |
Saidaiji Shin-Tanabe Miyazu |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 34.6 km (21.5 mi) |
| No. of tracks | 2 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 1,500 volts DC, overhead lines |
| Operating speed | 105 km/h (65 mph) |
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The Kyoto Line (京都線 Kyōto-sen) of Kintetsu Corporation is a railway line connecting cities of Kyoto, Uji and Nara. The line competes with the Nara Line of West Japan Railway Company which also connects those cities.
Many trains on the line continue to the Nara Line to Kintetsu Nara 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 Nara Electric Railway (奈良電気鉄道 Nara Denki Tetsudō) in 1928. 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.
The railway provided the through services to the lines of Kintetsu (originally, Osaka Electric Tramway) from the beginning and was merged into Kintetsu in 1963. Between 1945 and 1968, there were through services with the Keihan Main Line using crossovers at Tambabashi. In 1988, the through services with the Karasuma Line was introduced.
Stations
- S: All trains stop
- M: Only express trains operated from Kyoto to Kintetsu Miyazu stop
- X: limited stops 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
| Stations | SE | Ex | LE | Location | ||
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| Kyoto | 京都 | S | S | S | Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto | Kyoto |
| Tōji | 東寺 | S | S | | | Minami-ku, Kyoto | |
| Jūjō | 十条 | | | | | | | ||
| Kamitobaguchi | 上鳥羽口 | | | | | | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto | |
| Takeda | 竹田 | S | S | | | ||
| Fushimi | 伏見 | | | | | | | ||
| Kintetsu Tambabashi | 近鉄丹波橋 | S | S | S | ||
| Momoyamagoryōmae | 桃山御陵前 | S | S | | | ||
| Mukaijima | 向島 | S | | | | | ||
| Ogura | 小倉 | S | | | | | Uji | |
| Iseda | 伊勢田 | S | | | | | ||
| Ōkubo | 大久保 | S | S | | | ||
| Kutsukawa | 久津川 | S | | | | | Jōyō | |
| Terada | 寺田 | S | | | | | ||
| Tonoshō | 富野荘 | S | | | | | ||
| Shin-Tanabe | 新田辺 | S | S | | | Kyōtanabe | |
| Kōdo | 興戸 | M | | | |||
| Miyamaki | 三山木 | M | | | |||
| Kintetsu Miyazu | 近鉄宮津 | M | | | |||
| Komada | 狛田 | | | | | Seika | ||
| Shin-Hōsono | 新祝園 | S | | | |||
| Kizugawadai | 木津川台 | | | | | |||
| Yamadagawa | 山田川 | | | | | |||
| Takanohara | 高の原 | S | X | Nara | Nara | |
| Heijō | 平城 | | | | | |||
| Yamato-Saidaiji | 大和西大寺 | S | S | |||
Trains down to
- Local: Nara, Kashiharajingū-mae
- Express: Nara, Tenri, Kashiharajingū-mae
- Limited Express: Nara, Kashiharajingū-mae, Kashikojima
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