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The Template:Nihongo 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.

DefinitionEdit

The Kyoto Main Line is often called the Template:Nihongo 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 Template:Nihongo 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).

HistoryEdit

Template:Expand section The Kyoto Main Line was constructed in the following phases:<ref name=Hoikusha>Template:Cite book</ref>

  • 1 April 1, 1921: Jūsō – Awaji (by Kita-Osaka Electric Railway)
  • 16 January 1928: Awaji – Takatsuki-machi (present-day Takatsuki-shi) (by Shin-Keihan Railway)
  • 1 November 1928: Takatsuki-machi – Kyoto-Saiin (present-day Saiin) (by Shin-Keihan Railway)
  • 31 March 1931: Saiin – Keihan-Kyoto (present-day Ōmiya) (by Keihan Electric Railway)
  • 18 February 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
  • 17 June 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.<ref name=Hoikusha/>

Construction has been in progress since 2012 to elevate a Template:Convert section of track from Sōzenji Station to Kami-Shinjō Station including the junction with the Senri Line at Awaji Station.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Originally projected for a 2020 completion, various delays have pushed back the start of operations on the new tracks to 2031.<ref name=":02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Proposed connecting lineEdit

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Service typesEdit

Regular operationsEdit

As of the December 2022 timetable,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> trains are classified as follows:

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  • Local trains stop at all stations on the Kyoto and Senri lines. During the day they operate between Osaka Umeda or Tengachaya and Takatsuki-shi or Kita Senri. During early mornings, rush hours, and late nights, some services are extended to Kyoto-Kawaramachi and other short turn services are operated as well.

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  • All day except early morning and late nights between Osaka-Umeda and Kyoto-Kawaramachi. Additional services operate through to Tengachaya during weekday rush hours and weekends. Limited stops between Osaka-Umeda and Takatsuki-shi, then all stops to Kyoto-Kawaramachi.

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  • Late nights from Osaka-Umeda to Kyoto-Kawaramachi and weekday early mornings towards Osaka-Umeda.

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  • Early mornings and evenings and weekday rush hours, both directions.

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  • Weekday morning rush hours only, both directions. Car number 5 is for women only.

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  • Operates during the daytime when other express and limited express services are not running.

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  • Weekends only, using special 6 car trains.

Extra servicesEdit

StationsEdit

Legends:

  • ● : Trains stop.
  • | : Trains pass.

Local trains stop at all stations.

No trains stop at Template:STN 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.

Line name No. Station Distance (km) Semi-Express Express Semi Ltd. Exp. Commuter Ltd. Exp. Ltd. Exp. Rapid Ltd. Exp. Transfers Location
Through services: From Awaji:

Local / Semi-Express ー From Kyoto-Kawaramachi to Tengachaya via the File:Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg Senri Line and Template:Ric Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line

Local — From Osaka-Umeda to Kita-Senri via the File:Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg Senri Line

Takarazuka Main Line HK-01 Template:STN 大阪梅田 (2.4) File:Number prefix Hanshin line.svg Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line (HS 01)

Template:Rint Osaka Metro

JR West (Ōsaka Station)

Kita-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
HK-03 Template:STN 十三 0.0 File:Number prefix Hankyu Kōbe line.svg Hankyu Kobe Main Line

File:Number prefix Hankyu Takarazuka line.svg Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line

Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Kyoto Main Line
HK-61 Template:STN 南方 1.9 | | | | Template:Rint Template:Rint Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (M14: Nishinakajima-Minamigata Station)
HK-62 Template:STN 崇禅寺 3.2 | | | | | | Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
HK-63 Template:STN 淡路 4.2 | File:Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg Hankyū Senri Line (through service, see above)

File:JRW kinki-F.svg JR West Osaka Higashi Line (JR-F04:JR-Awaji Station)

HK-64 Template:STN 上新庄 6.3 | | | |
HK-65 Template:STN 相川 7.2 | | | | | |
HK-66 Template:STN 正雀 9.4 | | | | | | Settsu
HK-67 Template:STN 摂津市 10.9 | | | | | |
HK-68 Template:STN 南茨木 12.9 | | | | Template:Ifsubst style="color:#111986">■ Osaka Monorail Main Line (19) Ibaraki
HK-69 Template:STN 茨木市 14.8 |
HK-70 Template:STN 総持寺 16.8 | | | | | |
HK-71 Template:STN 富田 17.3 | | | | | | Takatsuki
HK-72 Template:STN 高槻市 20.6 |
HK-73 Template:STN 上牧 24.9 | | | | |
HK-74 Template:STN 水無瀬 25.7 | | | | | Shimamoto
HK-75 Template:STN 大山崎 27.7 | | | | | Ōyamazaki Kyoto Prefecture
HK-76 Template:STN<ref name="revision20131221">Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> 西山天王山 30.2 | | | | | Nagaokakyō
HK-77 Template:STN 長岡天神 31.7 |
HK-78 Template:STN 西向日 33.6 | | | | | Mukō
HK-79 Template:STN 東向日 35.0 | | | | |
HK-80 Template:STN 洛西口 36.3 | | | | | Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto
HK-81 Template:STN 38.0 File:Number prefix Hankyu Kyōto line.svg Hankyu Arashiyama Line
HK-82 Template:STN 西京極
(西京極総合運動公園前)
40.1 | | | | Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
HK-83 Template:STN 西院 41.9 | | A Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line (A02)
HK-84 Template:STN 大宮 43.3 | | A Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line (A01: Shijō-Ōmiya Station) Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
HK-85 Template:STN 烏丸 44.4 K Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line (K09: Shijō Station) Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
HK-86 Template:STN 京都河原町 45.3 KH Keihan Main Line (KH39: Gion-Shijō Station)

Rolling stockEdit

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Hankyu 6300 series EMU on a limited express service

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FormerEdit

ReferencesEdit

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia Template:Reflist Template:Osaka transit Template:Hankyu Kyoto Line