The Keishin Line (京津線, Keishin-sen) is an interurban partially-street running railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway. The 7.5 km (4.7 mi) line connects Misasagi Station in Kyoto and Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station in the neighbouring city of Ōtsu.
| Keihan Keishin Line | |||
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 A Keihan 800 series train on the street-running section | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | 京阪京津線 | ||
| Locale | Kyoto Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture | ||
| Termini | |||
| Stations | 7 | ||
| Service | |||
| Operator(s) | Keihan Electric Railway | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1912 | ||
| Closed | 1997 (Misasagi - Keishin-Sanjo) | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 7.5 km (4.7 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | 2 | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary | ||
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Train service
editExcept trains between Shinomiya Station and Hamaōtsu Station in early morning and late night, all trains go directly from Hamaōtsu Station to Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station or Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line. During off peak hours, the line operates every 20 minutes.
Stations and connecting lines
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| No. | Station | Japanese | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location |
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| Operations continue to Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line. | |||||
| T08 | Misasagi | 御陵 | 0.0 |  Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (through trains)
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Yamashina-ku, Kyoto |
| OT31 | Keihan Yamashina | 京阪山科 | 1.5 | JR West (Yamashina Station) A Tōkaidō Line (Biwako Line) B Kosei Line Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (T07: Yamashina Station)
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| OT32 | Shinomiya | 四宮 | 2.1 | ||
| OT33 | Oiwake | 追分 | 3.4 | Ōtsu, Shiga | |
| OT34 | Ōtani | 大谷 | 5.0 | ||
| OT35 | Kamisakaemachi | 上栄町 | 6.7 | ||
| OT12 | Biwako-Hamaōtsu | びわ湖浜大津 | 7.5 | ■ Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line | |
- Abandoned stations
- Midorigaoka Undōjō-mae: Shinomiya - Oiwake (extra station, abandoned in 1942)
- Kamisekidera: Ōtani - Kamisakaemachi (abandoned on August 15, 1971)
- Fudanotsuji: Kamisakaemachi - Biwako-Hamaōtsu (abandoned on October 1, 1946)
Abandoned section
editThe station list is as of 1997 before the street running section was abandoned due to replacement by the Tōzai Line subway. It also lists the corresponding subway stations that replaced the Keishin Line stations.
| Station | Connection / note | Replaced by | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keishin-Sanjō | Keihan Main Line, Keihan Ōtō Line | Sanjō-Keihan | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto |
| Higashiyama-Sanjō | Higashiyama | ||
| Abandoned in 1944 | |||
| Abandoned in 1931 | |||
| Keage | Keage | ||
| Kujōyama | Yamashina-ku, Kyoto | ||
| Hinooka | Misasagi | ||
| Misasagi |
Rolling stock
edit- Keihan 800 series, four-car EMUs
History
editThe line was built in 1912 (dual track electrified at 600 V DC) to connect the city centers of Kyoto and Ōtsu by electric streetcars, as the steam-powered Tōkaidō Main Line was an indirect route between the two cities before its realignment in 1921.[citation needed]
The busiest section of the line, between Keishin-Sanjō Station and Misasagi Station, was replaced in 1997 by the Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line, and the voltage increased to 1,500 V DC in conjunction with this project.[citation needed] One of the aims of the realignment was to move the tracks underground in the Kyoto area, in order to remove the former alignment along public roads. The line retains its public road alignment in Ōtsu.
References
editThis article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.