Keihan Keishin Line

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Keihan Keishin Line
A Keihan 800 series train on the street-running section
Overview
Native name	京阪京津線
Locale	Kyoto Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture
Termini	Biwako-Hamaōtsu Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae or Uzumasa Tenjingawa
Service
Services	7
Operator(s)	Keihan Electric Railway
History
Opened	1912
Closed	1997 (Misasagi - Keishin-Sanjo)
Technical
Line length	7.5 km (4.7 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The Keishin Line (京津線, Keishin-sen) is an interurban railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway. The 7.5 km line connects Misasagi Station in Kyoto and Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station in the neighbouring city of Ōtsu.

Train service[]

Except trains between Shinomiya Station and Hamaōtsu Station in early morning and late night, all trains go directly from Hamaōtsu Station to Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station or Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station on the Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line. During off peak hours, the line operates every 15 minutes.

Stations and connecting lines[]

No.	Station	Transfers	Location
Operations continue to Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line.
T08	Misasagi	Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (through trains)	Yamashina-ku, Kyoto
OT31	Keihan Yamashina	JR West (Yamashina Station)  A  Tōkaidō Line (Biwako Line)  B  Kosei Line Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (T07: Yamashina Station)
OT32	Shinomiya
OT33	Oiwake		Ōtsu, Shiga
OT34	Ōtani
OT35	Kamisakaemachi
OT12	Biwako-Hamaōtsu	■ Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line

Abandoned stations

• Midorigaoka Undōjō-mae: Shinomiya - Oiwake (extra station, abandoned in 1942)
• Kamisekidera: Ōtani - Kamisakaemachi (abandoned on August 15, 1971)
• Fudanotsuji: Kamisakaemachi - Biwako-Hamaōtsu (abandoned on October 1, 1946)

Abandoned section[]

The station list is as of 1997 when the section was abandoned due to replacement by the Tōzai Line subway. It also lists the corresponding subway stations that replaced the Keishin Line stations.

Rolling stock[]

• Keihan 800 series, four-car EMUs

History[]

The line was built in 1912 (dual track electrified at 600 V DC) to connect the city centers of Kyoto and Ōtsu by electric streetcars, as the steam-powered Tōkaidō Main Line was an indirect route between the two cities before its realignment in 1921.^{[citation needed]}

The busiest section of the line, between Keishin-Sanjō Station and Misasagi Station, was replaced in 1997 by the Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line, and the voltage increased to 1,500 V DC in conjunction with this project.^{[citation needed]} One of the aims of the realignment was to move the tracks underground in the Kyoto area, in order to remove the former alignment along public roads. The line retains its public road alignment in Ōtsu.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

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