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The Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (阪急はんきゅう京都きょうと本線ほんせん, 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.

Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
A pair of 9300 series EMU on limited express services
Overview
Native name阪急はんきゅう京都きょうと本線ほんせん
LocaleKansai
Termini
  • Jūsō
  • Kyoto-kawaramachi
Stations26
Service
Operator(s)Hankyu Railway
Depot(s)Shōjaku
Katsura
Rolling stockHankyu 1300 series
Hankyu 2300 series
Hankyu 3300 series
Hankyu 5300 series
Hankyu 6300 series
Hankyu 7300 series
Hankyu 8300 series
Hankyu 9300 series
Technical
Line length45.3 km (28.1 mi)
Number of tracksDouble
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead line
Operating speed115 km/h (70 mph)
Route map

Definition

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The Kyoto Main Line is often called the Kyoto Line (京都きょうと線せん, 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 (神宝線しんぽうせん) 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

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

  • 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.[1]

Construction has been in progress since 2012 to elevate a 3.3 km (2.1 mi) section of track from Sōzenji Station to Kami-Shinjō Station including the junction with the Senri Line at Awaji Station.[2] Originally projected for a 2020 completion, various delays have pushed back the start of operations on the new tracks to 2031.[3]

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013.[4]

Proposed connecting line

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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.[5]

Service types

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Regular operations

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As of the December 2022 timetable,[6] trains are classified as follows:

Local (普通ふつう, futsū)

  • 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.

Semi-Express (準急じゅんきゅう, junkyū)

  • 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.

Express (急行きゅうこう, kyūkou)

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

Semi-Limited Express (準じゅん特急とっきゅう, juntokkyū)

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

Commuter Limited Express (通勤つうきん特急とっきゅう, tsūkin tokkyū)

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

Limited Express (特急とっきゅう, tokkyū)

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

Rapid Limited Express (快速かいそく特急とっきゅう, kaisoku tokkyū)

  • Weekends only, using special 6 car trains.

Extra services

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  • Rapid Limited Express (快速かいそく特急とっきゅう, 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 (直通ちょくつう特急とっきゅう, 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

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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.

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   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 大阪おおさか梅田うめだ (2.4) ● ● ● ● ● ●   Hanshin Electric Railway Main Line (HS 01)

  Osaka Metro

JR West (Ōsaka Station)

Kita-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
HK-03 Jūsō 十じゅう三さん 0.0 ● ● ● ● ● ●   Hankyu Kobe Main Line

  Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line

Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Kyoto Main Line
HK-61 Minamikata 南方なんぽう 1.9 ● ● | | | |     Osaka Metro Midosuji Line (M14: Nishinakajima-Minamigata Station)
HK-62 Sōzenji 崇たかし禅ぜん寺てら 3.2 | | | | | | Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
HK-63 Awaji 淡路あわじ 4.2 ● ● ● | ● ●   Hankyū Senri Line (through service, see above)

  JR West Osaka Higashi Line (JR-F04:JR-Awaji Station)

HK-64 Kami-Shinjō 上新庄かみしんじょう 6.3 ● ● | | | |
HK-65 Aikawa 相川あいかわ 7.2 | | | | | |
HK-66 Shōjaku 正雀しょうじゃく 9.4 | | | | | | Settsu
HK-67 Settsu-shi 摂津せっつ市し 10.9 | | | | | |
HK-68 Minami-Ibaraki 南茨木みなみいばらき 12.9 ● ● | | | | ■ Osaka Monorail Main Line (19) Ibaraki
HK-69 Ibaraki-shi 茨木いばらぎ市し 14.8 ● ● ● ● ● |
HK-70 Sōjiji 総持寺そうじじ 16.8 | | | | | |
HK-71 Tonda 富田とみた 17.3 | | | | | | Takatsuki
HK-72 Takatsuki-shi 高槻たかつき市し 20.6 ● ● ● ● ● |
HK-73 Kammaki 上牧かんまき 24.9 ● | | | | |
HK-74 Minase 水無瀬みなせ 25.7 ● | | | | | Shimamoto
HK-75 Ōyamazaki 大山崎おおやまざき 27.7 ● | | | | | Ōyamazaki Kyoto Prefecture
HK-76 Nishiyama Tennozan[7][8] 西山にしやま天王山てんのうざん 30.2 ● | | | | | Nagaokakyō
HK-77 Nagaoka-Tenjin 長岡ながおか天神てんじん 31.7 ● ● ● ● ● |
HK-78 Nishi-Mukō 西向日にしむこう 33.6 ● | | | | | Mukō
HK-79 Higashi-Mukō 東向日ひがしむこう 35.0 ● | | | | |
HK-80 Rakusaiguchi 洛らく西口にしぐち 36.3 ● | | | | | Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto
HK-81 Katsura 桂かつら 38.0 ● ● ● ● ● ●   Hankyu Arashiyama Line
HK-82 Nishi-Kyōgoku 西京極にしきょうごく
(西京極にしきょうごく総合そうごう運動公園前うんどうこうえんまえ) 		40.1 ● ● | | | | Ukyō-ku, Kyoto
HK-83 Saiin 西院さいいん 41.9 ● ● ● ● | |   Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line (A02)
HK-84 Ōmiya 大宮おおみや 43.3 ● ● ● ● | |   Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line (A01: Shijō-Ōmiya Station) Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto
HK-85 Karasuma 烏丸からすま 44.4 ● ● ● ● ● ●   Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line (K09: Shijō Station) Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
HK-86 Kyoto-kawaramachi 京都きょうと河原町かわらまち 45.3 ● ● ● ● ● ●   Keihan Main Line (KH39: Gion-Shijō Station)

Rolling stock

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Hankyu 6300 series EMU on a limited express service

Former

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References

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

  1. ^ a b Hankyu Corporation & Morokawa, Hisashi (1990). 日本にっぽんの私鉄してつ7 阪急はんきゅう (in Japanese). Hoikusha. p. 147. ISBN 4-586-50796-9.
  2. ^ "阪急電鉄はんきゅうでんてつ京都きょうと線せん・千里線せんりせん（淡路あわじ駅えき付近ふきん）連続れんぞく立体りったい交差こうさ事業じぎょう" [Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line / Senri Line (near Awaji Station) continuous grade crossing project]. Osaka City Online (in Japanese). 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ "阪急はんきゅう立体りったい交差こうさ事業じぎょうで690億おく円えん増ぞう 大阪おおさか市し試算しさん" [69 billion yen increase in Hankyu grade crossing project]. Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. ^ "「西山にしやま天王山てんのうざん」駅えき開業かいぎょうにあわせて、「三宮さんのみや」「服部はっとり」「中山ちゅうざん」「松尾まつお」４駅えきの駅名えきめいを変更へんこうし、全ぜん駅えきで駅えきナンバリングを導入どうにゅうします" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ "なにわ筋すじ・新大阪しんおおさか連絡れんらく線せん、実現じつげんへ一いち歩ほ 阪急はんきゅうなどが協議きょうぎへ" [Naniwasuji / Shin-Osaka connecting line, one step toward realization Hankyu and others to talk]. Asahi Shimbun Online (in Japanese). 23 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  6. ^ Hankyu Corporation (2022-10-12). "２０２２年ねん１２月じゅうにがつ１７日にち（土ど）初発しょはつより阪急はんきゅう全線ぜんせん（神戸こうべ線せん・宝塚たからづか線せん・京都きょうと線せん）でダイヤ改正かいせいを実施じっし" (PDF). Hankyu Railway. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
  7. ^ Hankyu Corporation (September 20, 2013). "西山にしやま天王山てんのうさん駅えきの開業かいぎょうにあわせて 京都きょうと線せんのダイヤ改正かいせいを実施じっしします" [We will revise the schedule of the Kyoto Line in line with the opening of Nishiyama Tennoyama Station] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese).
  8. ^ City of Nagaokakyō; Hankyu Corporation (March 30, 2012). "阪急はんきゅう京都きょうと本線ほんせん大山崎おおやまざき駅えき～長岡ながおか天神てんじん駅えき間あいだで建設けんせつ中ちゅうの新駅しんえきの名称めいしょうを『西山にしやま天王山てんのうざん』駅えきに決定けっていしました" [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).
  9. ^ 阪急はんきゅう2300系けいが営業えいぎょう運転うんてんを開始かいし 〜有料ゆうりょう座席ざせき指定していサービス「PRiVACE」も開始かいし〜 [Hankyu 2300 series enters revenue service ~ Reserved-seating service "PRiVACE" also begins ~]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha. 2024-07-21. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
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