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: Yotsubashi Line(Higobashi) Nakanoshima Line Ōebashi Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line 0.0 Yodoyabashi Naniwabashi Osaka Subway Sakaisuji Line 0.5 Kitahama Higashi Yokobori River Keihan Line/Nakanoshima Line 1.3 Temmabashi (second)1963- Osaka Subway Tanimachi Line Temmabashi (first)-1963 Tosabori River Neya River Kyōbashi (first)-1910 JR Tōzai Line Osaka Subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Katamachi-1969 3.0 Kyōbashi1969- Osaka Loop Line Kyōbashi (Second)-1969 Katamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line) Gamoabandoned in 1932 Gamo Signal Box-1970 Osaka Subway: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line Yodogawa Freight Line Tatsumi Signal Box Joto Freight Line 4.6 Noe (second)1931- Noe (first)-1931 Osaka Subway Imazatosuji Line 5.3 Sekime/Sekime-Seiiku Hanshin Expressway Route 12 Moriguchi Line 6.2 Morishōji (second)1931- Morishōji (first)-1931 6.8 Sembayashi 7.2 Takii Osaka Subway Imazatosuji Line 7.6 Doi 8.3 Moriguchishi Moriguchi Depot and Workshop-1972 9.4 Nishisansō Kadoma-1975 Kinki Expressway Osaka Monorail: Main Line 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 Katano Line 23.5 Goten-yama 25.5 Makino 27.7 Kuzuha Osaka/Kyoto 30.1 Hashimoto 31.8 YawatashiKeihan 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 Line 39.7 Chūshojima Kintetsu Kyōto Line Keihan Uji Line Uji River 40.6 Fushimi-Momoyama Momoyamagoryōmae bypass tracks removed 41.3 TambabashiKintetsu Tambabashi bypass tracks removed 42.3 Sumizome Lake Biwa Canal Nanase River 43.3 Fujinomori Meishin Expressway 44.1 Fukakusa/Fukakusa Depot Nara Line Inari/Kyōto Tram: Inari Line 44.6 Fushimi Inari Hanshin Expressway Route 8 Kyoto Line Inariyama Tunnel 45.2 Tobakaidō Kamo River Kyōto Tram Kujō Line 46.1 Tōfukuji Nara Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line) Shiokōjiclosed in 1918, abandoned in 1955 47.0 Shichijō Kyōto Tram: Shichijō Line Daibutsu-maeabandoned in 1913 47.7 Kiyomizu-Gojō Hankyū Kyoto Line Kawaramachi 48.6 Gion-Shijō Kyōto Tram Shijō Line Keihan Line/Keihan Keishin Line 49.2 SanjōKeishin-Sanjō 49.3 Sanjō Kyoto Subway: Tōzai Line (Sanjō Keihan) Ōtō LineLake Biwa Canal 50.3 Jingū-Marutamachi 51.6 Demachiyanagi Eizan 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

• S: Trains stop.
• s: limited stop
• |, ↑, ↓: Trains pass.
• ↑, ↓: Only one direction.
• (M): Stations using melodies composed by musician Minoru Mukaiya in train departure announcements.
• For train abbreviations, see above.

Rolling stock

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  Keihan 3000 series express (January 2009)

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  Keihan 7200 series Express (July 2009)

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

• List of railway lines in Japan

References

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