Hankyu Kyoto Main Line

Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
	A 9300 series EMU on a limited express service
Overview
Native name	阪急京都本線
Locale	Kansai
Termini	Jūsō; Kyoto-kawaramachi
Stations	26
Service
Operator(s)	Hankyu Railway
Depot(s)	Shōjaku; Katsura
Technical
Line length	45.3 km (28.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Double
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead line
Operating speed	115 km/h (70 mph)
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The Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (阪急京都本線, Hankyū Kyōto Honsen) is a railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Hankyu Railway. It connects Osaka-umeda Station in Osaka and Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto.

Definition[]

The Kyoto Main Line is often called the Kyoto Line (京都線, Kyōto-sen) for short, and in a broader sense its two branch lines, the Senri Line and the Arashiyama Line, are included to the Kyoto Line by historical, geographical and structural reasons. The other two sections of Hankyu, the Kobe Line and the Takarazuka Line are called the Shinpōsen (神宝線) as a whole.

Officially, the Kyoto Main Line is from Jūsō to Kyoto-kawaramachi, however, all trains run beyond Jūsō to Osaka-umeda terminal, using the eastern tracks of the section exclusively. Hankyu treats the Kyoto Main Line in the same way as the passengers do, i.e. as the line between Osaka-umeda and Kyoto-kawaramachi (except for special circumstances such as governmental procedures).

History[]

The Kyoto Main Line was constructed in the following phases:^[1]

April 1, 1921: Jūsō – Awaji (by Kita-Osaka Electric Railway)
January 16, 1928: Awaji – Takatsuki-machi (present-day Takatsuki-shi) (by Shin-Keihan Railway)
November 1, 1928: Takatsuki-machi – Kyoto-Saiin (present-day Saiin) (by Shin-Keihan Railway)
March 31, 1931: Saiin – Keihan-Kyoto (present-day Ōmiya) (by Keihan Electric Railway)
February 18, 1959: The additional double tracks of the Takarazuka Main Line between Umeda (present-day Osaka-umeda) and Jūso now used exclusively by the Kyoto Main Line
June 17, 1963: Ōmiya – Kawaramachi (now Kyoto-kawaramachi)

Prior to the merger of Hankyu Railway (then Hanshin Kyūkō Railway) and Keihan Electric Railway in 1943, the line and its branches were owned by the latter and called the Shin-Keihan (New Keihan) Line. In the breakup of the merger in 1949, the line was not ceded to Keihan and became a competitor of the Keihan Main Line.^[1]

Proposed connecting line[]

A loop line from Juso to Awaji via Shin-Osaka station, to provide a direct connection to the Shinkansen has been proposed, but is not currently scheduled for construction.

Service types[]

Regular operations[]

In the timetable revised on December 21, 2013,^[2] regular trains are classified as follows:

Local (普通, futsū)

Through service: All-stations "Local" trains operate between Osaka-umeda and Kita-Senri (on the Senri Line, connected at Awaji) and between Takatsuki-shi and Tengachaya (on the Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line, via the Senri Line).

Semi-Express (準急, junkyū)

Sakaisuji Semi-Express (堺筋準急, sakaisuji junkyū)

Operated on weekday rush hours, Saturdays and holidays
Through service: Sakaisuji Semi-Express trains operate between Kyoto-kawaramachi or Takatsuki-shi and Tengachaya.

Rapid (快速, kaisoku)

Rush hours only.
Officially referred to as Rapid Service in English.

Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku kyūkō)

Rush hours only.

Limited Express (特急, tokkyū)

Operated on off-peak hours.

Commuter Limited Express (通勤特急, tsūkin tokkyū)

Weekdays rush hours only.

Rapid Limited Express (快速特急, kaisoku tokkyū) & Rapid Limited Express A (快速特急A, kaisoku tokkyū A)

Weekends only, collectively known as the Kyotrain (京とれいん, Kyōtorein)

Extra services[]

Rapid Limited Express (快速特急, kaisoku tokkyū)
- Osaka-umeda - Arashiyama: "Sagano (さがの, named after the district in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto)"
- Kyoto-kawaramachi - Arashiyama: "Ogura (おぐら, named after Mount Ogura)"
Direct Limited Express (直通特急, chokutsū tokkyū) - Through services to Arashiyama Line, Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line, Takarazuka Main Line and the Kobe Main Line.
- Kosoku Kobe - Arashiyama: "Atago (あたご, named after Mount Atago)"
- Takarazuka - Arashiyama (via the Imazu Line): "Togetsu (とげつ, named after Togetsukyo Bridge)"
- Tengachaya - Arashiyama: "Hozu (ほづ, named after the Hozu River)" (seasonal service)
On the Kyoto Main Line, these extra limited express stop at the same stations as the regular Rapid Limited Express.

Stations[]

Legends:

● : Trains stop.
| : Trains pass.

Local trains stop at all stations.

No trains stop at Nakatsu which is served by Local trains on the Kobe Main Line and the Takarazuka Main Line, because of the absence of any platforms on this line. Thus, in operation, Nakatsu Station is not listed on the Kyoto Line.

The starting point of the distances (km) shown is Jūsō Station, which is officially the starting point of the Kyoto Main Line.

All trains stop at Osaka-umeda; Katsura; Karasuma and Kyoto-kawaramachi

Line name	No.	Station		Distance (km)	Semi-Express	Sakaisuji Semi-Exp.	Rapid	Rapid Exp.	Commuter Ltd. Exp.	Ltd. Exp.	Rapid Ltd. Exp.	Rapid Ltd. Exp. A	Transfers	Location
Through services:					From Awaji: Local / Sakaisuji Semi-Express ー From Kawaramachi to Tengachaya via the Senri Line and Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line Local — From Osaka-umeda to Kita-Senri via the Senri Line
Takarazuka Main Line	HK-01	Osaka-umeda	大阪梅田	(2.4)	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line (HS 01) Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (M16) Tanimachi Line (T20: Higashi-Umeda Station) Yotsubashi Line (Y11: Nishi-Umeda Station) JR West (Ōsaka Station) Tōkaidō Main Line JR Kyoto Line (JR-A47) JR Kobe Line (JR-A47) JR Takarazuka Line (JR-G47) Osaka Higashi Line (JR-F01,2023) Osaka Loop Line (JR-O11) JR Tōzai Line (JR-H44: Kitashinchi Station)	Kita-ku, Osaka	Osaka Prefecture
Takarazuka Main Line	HK-03	Jūsō	十三	0.0	●		●	●	●	●	●	\|	Hankyu Kobe Main Line Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line	Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Kyoto Main Line	HK-03	Jūsō	十三	0.0	●		●	●	●	●	●	\|	Hankyu Kobe Main Line Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line
	HK-61	Minamikata	南方	1.9	●		●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (M14: Nishinakajima-Minamigata Station)
	HK-62	Sōzenji	崇禅寺	3.2	\|		\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
	HK-63	Awaji	淡路	4.2	●	●	●	●	\|	●	●	●	Hankyū Senri Line (through service, see above) JR West Osaka Higashi Line (JR-F04:JR-Awaji Station)
	HK-64	Kami-Shinjō	上新庄	6.3	●	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
	HK-65	Aikawa	相川	7.2	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
	HK-66	Shōjaku	正雀	9.4	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Settsu
	HK-67	Settsu-shi	摂津市	10.9	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Settsu
	HK-68	Minami-Ibaraki	南茨木	12.9	●	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	■ Osaka Monorail Main Line (19)	Ibaraki
	HK-69	Ibaraki-shi	茨木市	14.8	●	●	●	●	●	●	\|	\|
	HK-70	Sōjiji	総持寺	16.8	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
	HK-71	Tonda	富田	17.3	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Takatsuki
	HK-72	Takatsuki-shi	高槻市	20.6	●	●	●	●	●	●	\|	\|
	HK-73	Kammaki	上牧	24.9	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|
	HK-74	Minase	水無瀬	25.7	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Shimamoto
	HK-75	Ōyamazaki	大山崎	27.7	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Ōyamazaki	Kyoto Prefecture
	HK-76	Nishiyama Tennozan^[2]^[3]	西山天王山	30.2	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Nagaokakyō
	HK-77	Nagaoka-Tenjin	長岡天神	31.7	●	●	●	●	●	●	\|	\|		Nagaokakyō
	HK-78	Nishi-Mukō	西向日	33.6	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Mukō
	HK-79	Higashi-Mukō	東向日	35.0	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Mukō
	HK-80	Rakusaiguchi	洛西口	36.3	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto
	HK-81	Katsura	桂	38.0	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	Hankyu Arashiyama Line	Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto
	HK-82	Nishi-Kyōgoku	西京極 (西京極総合運動公園前)	40.1	●	●	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|	\|		Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
	HK-83	Saiin	西院	41.9	●	●	●	●	●	\|	\|	\|	Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line (A02)	Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
	HK-84	Ōmiya	大宮	43.3	●	●	●	●	●	\|	\|	\|	Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line (A01: Shijō-Ōmiya Station)	Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
	HK-85	Karasuma	烏丸	44.4	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line (K09: Shijō Station)	Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
	HK-86	Kyoto-kawaramachi	京都河原町	45.3	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	Keihan Main Line (KH39: Gion-Shijō Station)	Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto

Rolling stock[]

Hankyu 6300 series EMU on a limited express service

1300 series EMU (from 30 March 2014)
EMU
5300 series EMU
6300 series EMU (Kyō-Train)
7000 series EMU (Kyō-Train Garaku)
7300 series EMU
8300 series EMU
9300 series EMU
Osaka Municipal Subway 66 series EMU (Awaji - Takatsuki-shi)

Former[]

1300 series EMU (1957)
2000 series EMU (Temporary)
2300 series EMU
EMU
EMU (Temporary)
Osaka Municipal Subway 60 series EMU (Awaji - Takatsuki-shi)

References[]

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

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hankyu Corporation & Morokawa, Hisashi (1990). 日本の私鉄7 阪急 (in Japanese). Hoikusha. p. 147. ISBN 4-586-50796-9.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hankyu Corporation (September 20, 2013). "西山天王山駅の開業にあわせて京都線のダイヤ改正を実施します" [We will revise the schedule of the Kyoto Line in line with the opening of Nishiyama Tennoyama Station] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese).
^ City of Nagaokakyō; Hankyu Corporation (March 30, 2012). "阪急京都本線大山崎駅～長岡天神駅間で建設中の新駅の名称を『西山天王山』駅に決定しました" [The name of the new station under construction between Oyamazaki Station and Nagaoka Tenjin Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line has been decided as "Nishiyama Tennoyama" Station.] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese).

[Hoikusha-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hankyu Corporation & Morokawa, Hisashi (1990). 日本の私鉄7 阪急 (in Japanese). Hoikusha. p. 147. ISBN 4-586-50796-9.

[revision20131221-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hankyu Corporation (September 20, 2013). "西山天王山駅の開業にあわせて京都線のダイヤ改正を実施します" [We will revise the schedule of the Kyoto Line in line with the opening of Nishiyama Tennoyama Station] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese).

[3] City of Nagaokakyō; Hankyu Corporation (March 30, 2012). "阪急京都本線大山崎駅～長岡天神駅間で建設中の新駅の名称を『西山天王山』駅に決定しました" [The name of the new station under construction between Oyamazaki Station and Nagaoka Tenjin Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line has been decided as "Nishiyama Tennoyama" Station.] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese).

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