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Keifuku Group

Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd.
Native name
京福電気鉄道株式会社
Romanized name
Keifuku Denki Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha
Public (K.K.)
Traded as :
Industry Private railroad
Predecessor Kyoto Dento
Founded 2 May 1942 (1942-05-02) in Kyoto, Japan
Headquarters Kyoto, Japan
Area served
Japan
Revenue Increase¥12.18 billion (2015)
Increase¥698 million (2015)
Increase¥658 million (2015)
Total assets Increase¥18.32 billion (2015)
Total equity Increase¥5.23 billion (2015)
Number of employees
885 (2015)
Parent Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Subsidiaries
Website www.keifuku.co.jp
Arashiyama Line
Kouryuji Roumon.jpg
A Randen tram car at Kōryūji Station, in front of Kōryū-ji Temple
Overview
Native name 嵐山本線
Termini Shijō-Ōmiya
Arashiyama
Stations 13
Line number A
Color on map Red
Website randen.keifuku.co.jp/en/index.html
Operation
Opened 25 March 1910 (1910-03-25)
Depot(s) Sai
Technical
Line length 7.2 km (4.5 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 600 V DC Overhead line
Operating speed 40 km/h (25 mph)
Route map
Map of Randen in Ryoanji Station.JPG
Kitano Line
Randen cherry blossom.jpg
A Randen tram car under cherry blossoms
Overview
Native name 北野線
Termini Kitano-Hakubaichō
Katabiranotsuji
Stations 9
Line number B
Color on map Blue
Website randen.keifuku.co.jp/en/index.html
Operation
Opened 3 November 1925 (1925-11-03)
Depot(s) Sai
Technical
Line length 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification Overhead line
Operating speed 40 km/h (25 mph)
Route map
Map of Randen in Ryoanji Station.JPG
Eizan Cable
UpEiden Eizan Main Line
Yase-Hieizanguchi
0 Cable Car Yase
1.3 Cable Car Hiei
Ropeway Hiei
DownEizan Ropeway
Eizan Ropeway
UpEizan Cable
Cable Car Hiei
0 Ropeway Hiei
0.5 Hiei Sanchō

Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd. (京福電気鉄道株式会社, Keifuku Denki Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (but with offices in Fukui Prefecture) in operation since March 2, 1942. It is a parent company of Keifuku Bus and Kyoto Bus, and an affiliated company of Keihan Electric Railway, which owns 42.89% of the company stock. The company's stock is traded on the second section of the .

This railway started service in 1910, operated at that time by Arashiyama Electric Tram Railway (嵐山電車軌道, Arashiyama Densha Kidō). It was transferred to the Kyoto-based electric power generation company Kyoto Dento (京都電燈, Kyōto Dentō). Later it built the Kitano Line.

Formerly the company operated several railway lines in Fukui Prefecture. Some of them are now operated by Echizen Railway.

The Eizan Electric Railway also belonged to Keifuku until 1985.

The Randen (嵐電, Randen) is tram lines in Kyoto.

The Arashiyama Line (嵐山本線, Arashiyama Honsen) connects Kyoto's city center (Shijo-Omiya terminal) and scenic Arashiyama area in the western suburb.

The Kitano Line (北野線, Kitano Sen) is from Kitano Hakubaicho Station near Kitano Tenmangū to Katabiranotsuji Station in the midst of Arashiyama (Main) Line.

The Eizan Cable (叡山ケーブル, Eizan Kēburu), officially the Cable Line (鋼索線, Kōsaku-sen), is a funicular line in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto.


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