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Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)

Kyoto Line
 B 
Kintetsu-12600 001 JPN.JPG
A limited express train
Overview
Native name 京都線
Type
System Kintetsu Railway
Locale Kyoto Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Termini Kyoto
Yamato-Saidaiji
Stations 26
Line number  B 
Operation
Opened November 3, 1928; 88 years ago (1928-11-03)
Owner Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s) Kintetsu Railway
Character
  • Heavy rail
  • Commuter rail
Depot(s)
  • Shin-Tanabe
  • Saidaiji
  • Miyazu
Technical
Line length 34.6 km (21.5 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification
Operating speed 105 km/h (65 mph)

The Kyoto Line (京都線 Kyōto sen?) is a Japanese railway line owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a private railway operator. It connects the cities of Kyoto, Uji, and Nara, and competes with the Nara Line of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West), which also connects those cities.

Many trains on the line continue to the Nara Line to Kintetsu Nara Station or the Kashihara Line via Yamato-Saidaiji Station. The line also provides the through train services with the Karasuma Line of Kyoto Municipal Subway.

Trains down to

The Kyoto Line was built by Nara Electric Railway (奈良電気鉄道 Nara Denki Tetsudō?) in November 1928 as dual track electrified at 600 V DC. The track between Kyoto Station and Horiuchi Station (present-day Kintetsu-Tambabashi Station) was placed on the site of a removed railway, which had been rerouted and is now called the JR Nara Line.


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