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JR Kyōto Line | |
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Overview | |
Native name | JR京都線 |
Owner | JR West |
Locale | Kyoto Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture |
Termini |
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Stations | 17 |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail |
System | Urban Network |
Operator(s) | JR West JR Freight |
History | |
Opened | July 26, 1876 (as part of Tōkaidō Main Line) March 13, 1988 (renamed as JR Kyōto Line) |
Technical | |
Line length | 42.8 km (26.6 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC ( overhead lines) |
Operating speed | outer tracks: 130 km/h (81 mph) inner tracks: 120 km/h (75 mph) |
The JR Kyōto Line (JR京都線, JR Kyōto-sen) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The name applies to the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kyōto Station and Ōsaka Station.
The Kyōto Line operates in combination with the Biwako Line and the JR Kobe Line, and offers through service trains to the Kosei Line and the JR Takarazuka Line.
Commuter trains are classified in three types:
In addition to the three types of commuter trains, long-distance limited express trains connecting the Kyoto-Osaka region with Kansai International Airport ( Haruka services), Hokuriku region ( Thunderbird services) and other areas also frequently operate on the line. Freight trains also operate on the line except for the section near Osaka Station where freight trains use separate freight lines.
Legend:
Local trains stop at all stations. Rapid trains in the morning skip some stops between Kyoto and Takatsuki.
From September 5, 1876 to the opening of Kyoto Station on February 6, 1877, Ōmiyadōri Temporary Station (大宮通仮停車場, Ōmiyadōri Kari Teishajō) was the station for the city of Kyoto. The temporary station was located at 40 chains (0.80 km) west of Kyoto Station construction site, or 3 miles and 47 chains (5.77 km) away from Mukōmachi Station.
The line now called the JR Kyoto Line opened in 1876, only four years after the opening of the first railway in Japan. On 26 July 1876, the Japanese Government Railways opened the section between Ōsaka and Mukōmachi with an intermediate station at Takatsuki. On 9 August 1876, Yamazaki Station, Ibaraki Station and Suita Station opened. Kyoto Station opened on 6 February 1877.
On 1 June 1949, operation of the line was taken over by Japanese National Railways (JNR).
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verification. (December 2009) |
JR Kyōto Line | |
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![]() | |
![]() 223-2000 series EMU on a Special Rapid Service, March 2017 | |
Overview | |
Native name | JR京都線 |
Owner | JR West |
Locale | Kyoto Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture |
Termini |
|
Stations | 17 |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail |
System | Urban Network |
Operator(s) | JR West JR Freight |
History | |
Opened | July 26, 1876 (as part of Tōkaidō Main Line) March 13, 1988 (renamed as JR Kyōto Line) |
Technical | |
Line length | 42.8 km (26.6 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Electrification | 1,500 V DC ( overhead lines) |
Operating speed | outer tracks: 130 km/h (81 mph) inner tracks: 120 km/h (75 mph) |
The JR Kyōto Line (JR京都線, JR Kyōto-sen) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The name applies to the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kyōto Station and Ōsaka Station.
The Kyōto Line operates in combination with the Biwako Line and the JR Kobe Line, and offers through service trains to the Kosei Line and the JR Takarazuka Line.
Commuter trains are classified in three types:
In addition to the three types of commuter trains, long-distance limited express trains connecting the Kyoto-Osaka region with Kansai International Airport ( Haruka services), Hokuriku region ( Thunderbird services) and other areas also frequently operate on the line. Freight trains also operate on the line except for the section near Osaka Station where freight trains use separate freight lines.
Legend:
Local trains stop at all stations. Rapid trains in the morning skip some stops between Kyoto and Takatsuki.
From September 5, 1876 to the opening of Kyoto Station on February 6, 1877, Ōmiyadōri Temporary Station (大宮通仮停車場, Ōmiyadōri Kari Teishajō) was the station for the city of Kyoto. The temporary station was located at 40 chains (0.80 km) west of Kyoto Station construction site, or 3 miles and 47 chains (5.77 km) away from Mukōmachi Station.
The line now called the JR Kyoto Line opened in 1876, only four years after the opening of the first railway in Japan. On 26 July 1876, the Japanese Government Railways opened the section between Ōsaka and Mukōmachi with an intermediate station at Takatsuki. On 9 August 1876, Yamazaki Station, Ibaraki Station and Suita Station opened. Kyoto Station opened on 6 February 1877.
On 1 June 1949, operation of the line was taken over by Japanese National Railways (JNR).