Keio Takao Line

Keio Takao Line
A 9000 series EMU train on the Takao Line in February 2010
Overview
Native name	京王高尾線
Type	Commuter rail
Locale	Tokyo
Termini	Kitano Takaosanguchi
Stations	7
Operation
Opened	1967
Owner	Keio Corporation
Technical
Line length	8.6　km
Track gauge	1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	105 km/h (65 mph)
Route map Shinjuku Keio Line 0 Kitano Keiō Line (Keio Hachiōji) Yokohama Line 1.7 Keiō-Katakura 3.2 Yamada Goryō Line 4.3 Mejirodai 5.8 Hazama Chūō Main Line 6.9 Takao Chūō Main Line 8.6 Takaosanguchi Takao Mountain Railroad

The Keio Takao line (京王高尾線, Keiō Takao-sen^?) is a railway line operated by the Japanese private railway operator Keio Corporation. The line connects Kitano Station on the Keio Line, to Takaosanguchi Station, and offers access to Mount Takao at the terminal. It is 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge, electrified at 1,500 V DC. The line originally terminated at Goryōmae to service visitors to the tomb of Emperor Taishō.

During the daytime, most trains operate through to/from the Shinjuku terminal on the Keio Line.

On the Takao Line, Keio operates six different service types, with trains running through to and from the Keio Main Line.

All stations are in Hachiōji, Tokyo.

On March 20, 1930, the Keio Electric Tramway opened the Goryō Line, a 6.3 km branch of the Keio Line, electrified at 600 V DC, between Kitano Station and Goryōmae Station. The terminus, Goryōmae, was a gateway for the tomb of Emperor Taishō.

The line had three intermediate stations: Katakura, Yamada, and Yokoyama. Yokoyama Station and Goryōmae Station were renamed Musashi-Yokoyama Station and Tamagoryōmae Station respectively in 1937. The line was single track and had a passing loop at Yokoyama Station. On weekdays, the line operated at 30 or 40 minute intervals, while at weekends it operated through trains to Yotsuya-Shinjuku Station, the Tokyo terminal of Keio at that time, at 20-minute intervals.

The Keio Electric Tramway was merged into Tokyō Kyūko Dentetsu (present-day Tokyu Corporation) in 1944. The new operator suspended operation of the Goryō Line on January 21, 1945 as a "not needed or not pressing" line, which was subject of the collection of metal for the war effort.