Hankyū Kyōto Main Line

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Hankyū Kyōto Main Line

Legend (old) Umeda JR West lines 2.4 Umeda for connections, see below Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line JR: Umeda freight line Nakatsu Shin-Yodogawa abandoned in 1926 Yodo River 0.0 Jūsō Kobe Line Takarazuka Line Osaka Subway: Midōsuji Line Osaka Subway: Nishinakajima-Minamigata 1.9 Minamikata 3.2 Sōzenji Tengachaya Osaka Subway: Sakaisuji Line Tenjimbashisuji Rokuchōme Senri Line 4.2 Awaji JR-W: Osaka Higashi Line Senri Line Kita-Senri JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 6.3 Kami-Shinjō 7.2 Aikawa Osaka Municipal Subway Higashi-Suita yard 9.4 Shōjaku Hankyu Shojaku Workshop Settsu-shi opening in spring 2010 12.9 Minami-Ibaraki Osaka Monorail: Main Line JR-F: Tōkaidō freight line 14.8 Ibaraki-shi 16.8 Sōjiji 17.3 Tonda 20.6 Takatsuki-shi JR-C: Tōkaidō Shinkansen 24.9 Kammaki 25.7 Minase 27.7 Ōyamazaki JR-W: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyōto Line) New station (under construction) 31.7 Nagaoka-Tenjin 33.6 Nishi-Mukō 35.0 Higashi-Mukō 36.3 Rakusaiguchi 38.0 Katsura Arashiyama Line Katsura River 40.1 Nishi-Kyōgoku Kyoto Tram: Nishioji Line 41.9 Saiin Keifuku: Arashiyama Main Line (Sai) Keifuku: Shijō-Ōmiya 43.3 Ōmiya Kyoto Subway: Karasuma Line (Shijō) Kyoto Tram: Karasuma Line 44.4 Karasuma Kyoto Tram: Kawaramachi Line 45.3 Kawaramachi Kamo River Keihan: Keihan Main Line (Gion-Shijō) Connections at Umeda  JR West (JR-W): Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kyoto Line) Subway: Tanimachi Line JR-W: Osaka Loop Line Umeda /Subway: Higashi-Umeda Subway: Midōsuji Line (Umeda) JR-W: Ōsaka/Hanshin Umeda/JR-W: Kita-Shinchi Subway: Yotsubashi Line (Nishi-Umeda) JR-W: Tōkaidō Main Line (JR Kobe Line, JR Takarazuka Line) Hanshin: Main Line JR-W: Osaka Loop Line, JR Tōzai Line

The Kyōto Main Line (京都本線, Kyōto Honsen^?) of Hankyu Railway is a railway line links Umeda Station, northern junction of Osaka and Kawaramachi Station in downtown Kyoto, Japan.

Definition

The Kyōto Main Line is often called the Kyōto Line (京都線, Kyoto sen^?) for short, and in a broader sense two branch lines, the Senri Line and the Arashiyama Line, are included to the Kyōto Line by historical, geographical and structural reasons. The other two networks of the Hankyu, the Kōbe Line and the Takarazuka Line are called the Shinpōsen (神宝線^?) as a whole.

Officially, the Kyōto Main Line is from Jūsō to Kawaramachi, however, all trains run over Jūsō to Umeda terminal, using eastern dual track of the Takarazuka Line exclusively. Hankyu treats the Kyōto Main Line in the same way as the passengers do as the line between Umeda and Kawaramachi except for in special occasions like governmental procedures.

Rapid service

As of 2009, trains are classified in five types:

Local (普通, futsū^?) (L)

Semi-Express (準急, junkyū^?) (SE)

Rapid Express (快速急行, kaisoku-kyūkō^?) (RE)

Limited Express (特急, tokkyū^?) (RLE)

Limited Express (通勤特急, tsūkin tokkyū^?) (CLE)

RLE and CLE are different in Japanese and indeed have different stops but the operator translates them into English as the same. In this article the former (tokkyū) is translated as Regular Limited Express, and the latter tsūkin tokkyū as Commutation Limited Express where necessary. Note that they are not official translations.

Extra Rapid Service (快速 いい古都エクスプレス, Kaisoku Ii Koto Express^?)

Operated in autumn, stop at Jūsō, Minamikata, Awaji, Kami-Shinjō, Minami-Ibaraki, Ibaraki-shi, Takatsuki-shi, Nagaoka-Tenjin, Katsura, Saiin, Ōmiya, and Karasuma Stations.

Stations

• S: Trains stop.
• blank: Trains pass.
• Semi-Express: including the through Semi-Express trains to and from the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line

No trains stop at Nakatsu which is served by Local trains of Kobe and Takarazuka Lines, because of the absence of platform, thus, in operation, there is no Nakatsu Station on the Kyoto Line. There are also through trains to the Senri Line from Awaji Station and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line. Some Semi-Express trains are routed from Kawaramachi Station to Tengachaya Station on the Subway Sakaisuji Line in the morning, and from Tengachaya Station to Ibaraki-shi Station in the evening.

See also

• Hankyu Kobe Line
• Hankyu Takarazuka Line