Keihan Main Line

Keihan Main Line

A Keihan 8000 series limited express in revised color scheme
Overview
Native name 京阪本線
Locale Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture
Termini Yodoyabashi
Sanjo
Operation
Opened 1910
Owner Keihan Electric Railway
Depot(s) Neyagawa, Yodo
Technical
Line length 49.3 km (30.6 mi)
Number of tracks 2 (Yodoyabashi - Temmabashi, Neyagawa - Sanjo)
4 (Temmabashi - Neyagawa)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed 110 km/h (70 mph)
Route map
Legend
Nakanoshima
Watanabebashi
Osaka Subway: Left arrowYotsubashi LineRight arrow(Higobashi)
Nakanoshima Line
Ōebashi

Osaka Subway: Left arrowMidōsuji LineRight arrow
0.0 Yodoyabashi
Naniwabashi
Osaka Subway Left arrowSakaisuji LineRight arrow
0.5 Kitahama
Left arrowHigashi Yokobori River
Up arrowKeihan Line/Nakanoshima LineRight arrowUp arrow
1.3 Temmabashi (second)1963-
Osaka Subway Left arrowTanimachi LineRight arrow
Temmabashi (first)-1963

Tosabori River
Left arrowNeya River
Kyōbashi (first)-1910
Down arrowJR Tōzai LineRight arrow
Osaka Subway Left arrowNagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi LineDown arrow
Katamachi-1969

3.0 Kyōbashi1969-

Left arrowOsaka Loop LineRight arrow

Kyōbashi (Second)-1969

Left arrowKatamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
Gamoabandoned in 1932

Gamo Signal Box-1970
Osaka Subway: Left arrowNagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
Yodogawa Freight Line

Tatsumi Signal Box
Left arrowJoto Freight LineRight arrow
4.6 Noe (second)1931-
Noe (first)-1931
Osaka Subway Left arrowImazatosuji LineDown arrow
5.3 Sekime/Sekime-SeiikuRight arrow
Hanshin Expressway Route 12 Moriguchi Line
6.2 Morishōji (second)1931-
Morishōji (first)-1931
6.8 Sembayashi
7.2 Takii
Osaka Subway Up arrowImazatosuji LineRight arrow
7.6 Doi
8.3 Moriguchishi

Moriguchi Depot and Workshop-1972
 9.4 Nishisansō
 Kadoma-1975
Kinki Expressway
Osaka Monorail: Main LineRight arrow

10.1 Kadoma-shi
10.8 Furukawabashi
 12.0 Ōwada
 12.8 Kayashima
Neyagawa Depot and Workshop
Neyagawa Signal Box
 15.0 Neyagawashi
Toyonoabandoned in 1963
 17.6 Korien
 19.1 Kozenji
 20.8 Hirakata-koen
21.8 Hirakatashi
Amano River
Left arrowKatano Line
 23.5 Goten-yama
 25.5 Makino
27.7 Kuzuha
Osaka/Kyoto
 30.1 Hashimoto

31.8 YawatashiLeft arrowKeihan Otokoyama Cable Line
 Kizu River
 Keiji Bypass
 Uji River
Yodo Depot
35.3 Yodo
Hanshin Expressway Route 8 Kyoto Line
 Shin-Takase River
 Horikawa River
Kyoto Tram Fushimi LineRight arrow
39.7 Chūshojima
Right arrowKintetsu Kyōto Line
Left arrowKeihan Uji Line
Uji River
40.6 Fushimi-Momoyama
Momoyamagoryōmae
bypass tracks removed
41.3 TambabashiLeft arrowKintetsu Tambabashi
bypass tracks removed
42.3 Sumizome
Lake Biwa Canal
Nanase River
43.3 Fujinomori
Meishin Expressway
44.1 Fukakusa/Fukakusa Depot
Left arrowNara Line

Inari/Kyōto Tram: Inari LineRight arrow
44.6 Fushimi Inari

Hanshin Expressway Route 8 Kyoto Line
Inariyama Tunnel
45.2 Tobakaidō
Kamo River
Left arrowKyōto Tram Kujō LineRight arrow
46.1 Tōfukuji

Nara LineRight arrow
Left arrowTōkaidō ShinkansenRight arrow
Left arrowTōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line)Right arrow

Shiokōjiclosed in 1918, abandoned in 1955
47.0 Shichijō
Left arrowKyōto Tram: Shichijō LineRight arrow
Daibutsu-maeabandoned in 1913
47.7 Kiyomizu-Gojō
Hankyū Kyoto LineRight arrow
KawaramachiRight arrow
48.6 Gion-Shijō
Left arrowKyōto Tram Shijō LineRight arrow
Up arrowKeihan Line/Left arrowKeihan Keishin Line
49.2 SanjōLeft arrowKeishin-Sanjō

49.3 Sanjō
Left arrowKyoto Subway: Tōzai Line (Sanjō Keihan)Right arrow
Down arrowŌtō LineLeft arrowLake Biwa Canal
50.3 Jingū-Marutamachi
51.6 Demachiyanagi
Down arrowEizan Main Line

The Keihan Main Line (京阪本線 Keihan-honsen) is a railway line in Japan operated by Keihan Electric Railway. The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains from Kyoto to Osaka are treated as "down" trains, and from Osaka to Kyoto as "up" trains.

Train services

As of March 16, 2013, the following services are operated.[1]

Limited Express (特急 Tokkyū) (LE)
Commuter Rapid Express (通勤快急 Tsūkin Kaikyū) (CRE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
Rapid Express (快速急行 Kaisoku Kyūkō) (RE)
Midnight Express (深夜急行 Shinya Kyūkō) (ME) - "up" trains only
A train departs from Yodoyabashi for Kuzuha at 0:20 a.m. and passes Moriguchishi and Hirakata-kōen.
Express (急行 Kyūkō) (Ex)
Commuter Sub-express (通勤準急 Tsūkin Junkyū) (CSbE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
Trains are operated from Demachiyanagi, Kuzuha, Hirakatashi to Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima in the morning and pass Moriguchishi.
Sub-express (準急 Junkyū) (SbE)
Semi-express (区間急行 Kukan Kyūkō) (SmE)
Local (普通 Futsū)
Trains stop at all stations.
Operation in non-rush hours per hour
Limited express: 6 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
Express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Kuzuha
Sub. express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
Local: 6 round trips between Nakanoshima and Kayashima, of which 3 extend to Demachiyanagi

Stations

Line name Station number Station SmE SbE CSbE Ex ME RE CRE LE Location
Through section from Temmabashi:
L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line
Keihan Main Line KH01 Yodoyabashi (M) S S S S S S S Chūō-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
KH02 Kitahama S S S S S S S
KH03 Temmabashi (M) S S S S S S S S
KH04 Kyōbashi (M) S S S S S S S S Miyakojima-ku, Osaka
KH05 Noe | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | Jōtō-ku, Osaka
KH06 Sekime | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
KH07 Morishōji | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | Asahi-ku, Osaka
KH08 Sembayashi | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
KH09 Takii | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | Moriguchi
KH10 Doi | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
KH11 Moriguchi-shi (M) S S ↑ S ↓ S ↑ |
KH12 Nishisansō S | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | Kadoma
KH13 Kadoma-shi S | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
KH14 Furukawabashi S | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
KH15 Ōwada S | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ |
KH16 Kayashima (M) S S S | ↓ | ↑ | Neyagawa
KH17 Neyagawashi S S S S S S S |
KH18 Kōrien (M) S S S S S S S |
KH19 Kōzenji S S S | ↓ | ↑ | Hirakata
KH20 Hirakata-kōen S S S S ↓ | ↑ |
KH21 Hirakatashi (M) S S S S S S S S
KH22 Gotenyama S S S | ↓ | ↑ |
KH23 Makino S S S | ↓ | ↑ |
KH24 Kuzuha (M) S S S S S S S S
KH25 Hashimoto S S | | ↑ | Yawata Kyoto Prefecture
KH26 Yawatashi (M) S S S | ↑ |
KH27 Yodo (Kyoto Racecourse) (M) S S s | ↑ s Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
KH28 Chūshojima (M) S S S S S S
KH29 Fushimi-Momoyama S S | | ↑ |
KH30 Tambabashi (M) S S S S S S
KH31 Sumizome S S | | ↑ |
KH32 Fujinomori S S | | ↑ |
KH33 Fukakusa (M) S S | | ↑ |
KH34 Fushimi-Inari S S S | ↑ |
KH35 Toba-kaidō S S | | ↑ | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
KH36 Tōfukuji S S | | ↑ |
KH37 Shichijō S S S S S S
KH38 Kiyomizu-Gojō S S S | ↑ |
KH39 Gion-Shijō S S S S S S
KH40 Sanjō (M) S S S S S S
Ōtō Line
KH41 Jingū-Marutamachi S S S | ↑ | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
KH42 Demachiyanagi (M) S S S S S S

Rolling stock

History

The Temmabashi to Kiyomizu-Gojo section opened as dual track, electrified at 1,500 V DC, in 1910, and was extended to Sanjo in 1915. The Temmabashi to Yodoyabashi section opened in 1963.

See also

References

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

  1. ↑ (Japanese)
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