Keihan Main Line
A Keihan 8000 series limited express in revised color scheme
Overview
Native name京阪本線
OwnerKeihan Electric Railway
LocaleOsaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture
Termini
Service
Depot(s)Neyagawa, Yodo
History
Opened1910
Technical
Line length49.3 km (30.6 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Yodoyabashi - Temmabashi, Neyagawashi - Sanjo)
4 (Temmabashi - Neyagawashi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed110 km/h (70 mph)
Route map
Nakanoshima
Watanabebashi
Osaka Subway: Left arrowYotsubashi LineRight arrow(Higobashi)
Nakanoshima Line
Ōebashi
Osaka Subway: Left arrowMidōsuji LineRight arrow
0.0
 Yodoyabashi
Naniwabashi
Osaka Subway Left arrowSakaisuji LineRight arrow
0.5
 Kitahama
Left arrowHigashi Yokobori River
Up arrowKeihan Line/Nakanoshima LineRight arrowUp arrow
1.3
 Temmabashi (second)
1963-
Osaka Subway Left arrowTanimachi LineRight arrow
 Temmabashi (first)
-1963
Tosabori River
Left arrowNeya River
 Kyōbashi (first)
-1910
Down arrowJR Tōzai LineRight arrow
Osaka Subway Left arrowNagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi LineDown arrow
 Katamachi
-1969
3.0
 Kyōbashi
1969-
Left arrowOsaka Loop LineRight arrow
 Kyōbashi (Second)
-1969
Left arrowKatamachi Line (Gakkentoshi Line)
 Gamo
abandoned in 1932
 Gamo Signal Box
-1970
Osaka Subway: Left arrowNagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
Yodogawa Freight Line
Tatsumi Signal Box
Left arrowJoto Freight LineRight arrow
4.6
 Noe (second)
1931-
 Noe (first)
-1931
Osaka Subway Left arrowImazatosuji LineDown arrow
5.3
 Sekime/
Sekime-SeiikuRight arrow
Hanshin Expressway Route 12 Moriguchi Line
6.2
 Morishōji (second)
1931-
 Morishōji (first)
-1931
6.8
 Sembayashi
7.2
 Takii
Osaka Subway Up arrowImazatosuji LineRight arrow
7.6
 Doi
8.3
 Moriguchishi
Moriguchi Depot and Workshop
-1972
9.4
 Nishisansō
 Kadoma Abandoned in 1975
Kinki Expressway
Osaka Monorail: Main LineRight arrow
10.1
 Kadoma-shi
10.8
 Furukawabashi
12.0
 Ōwada
12.8
 Kayashima
 Neyagawa Depot and Workshop
Neyagawa Signal Box
15.0
 Neyagawashi
Toyono
abandoned in 1963
17.6
 Korien
19.1
 Kozenji
20.8
 Hirakata-koen
21.8
 Hirakatashi
Amano River
Left arrowKatano Line
23.5
 Goten-yama
25.5
 Makino
27.7
 Kuzuha
Osaka/Kyoto
30.1
 Hashimoto
31.8
 Yawatashi
Left arrowKeihan Otokoyama Cable Line
Kizu River
Keiji Bypass
Uji River
 Yodo Depot
35.3
 Yodo
Hanshin Expressway Route 8 Kyoto Line
Shin-Takase River
Horikawa River
Kyoto Tram Fushimi LineRight arrow
39.7
 Chūshojima
Right arrowKintetsu Kyōto Line
Left arrowKeihan Uji Line
Uji River
40.6
 Fushimi-Momoyama
Momoyamagoryōmae
bypass tracks removed
41.3
 Tambabashi
Left arrowKintetsu Tambabashi
bypass tracks removed
42.3
 Sumizome
Lake Biwa Canal
Nanase River
43.3
 Fujinomori
Meishin Expressway
44.1
 Fukakusa/Fukakusa Depot
Left arrowNara Line
Inari/Kyōto Tram: Inari LineRight arrow
44.6
 Fushimi Inari
Hanshin Expressway Route 8 Kyoto Line
Inariyama Tunnel
45.2
 Tobakaidō
Kamo River
Left arrowKyōto Tram Kujō LineRight arrow
46.1
 Tōfukuji
Nara LineRight arrow
Left arrowTōkaidō ShinkansenRight arrow
Left arrowTōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line)Right arrow
Shiokōji
closed in 1918, abandoned in 1955
47.0
 Shichijō
Left arrowKyōto Tram: Shichijō LineRight arrow
 Daibutsu-mae
abandoned in 1913
47.7
 Kiyomizu-Gojō
Hankyū Kyoto LineRight arrow
KawaramachiRight arrow
48.6
 Gion-Shijō
Left arrowKyōto Tram Shijō LineRight arrow
 Up arrowKeihan Line/Left arrowKeihan Keishin Line
49.2
 Sanjō
Left arrowKeishin-Sanjō
49.3
 Sanjō
Left arrowKyoto Subway: Tōzai Line (Sanjō Keihan)Right arrow
 Down arrowŌtō Line
Left arrowLake Biwa Canal
50.3
 Jingū-Marutamachi
51.6
 Demachiyanagi
Down arrowEizan Main Line

The Keihan Main Line (京阪本線, Keihan-honsen) is a railway line in Japan operated by Keihan Electric Railway. The line runs between Sanjō Station in Kyoto and Yodoyabashi Station in Osaka. There are through services to the Keihan Ōtō Line and the Keihan Nakanoshima Line. Trains from Kyoto to Osaka are treated as "down" trains, and from Osaka to Kyoto as "up" trains.

Train services

As of March 2022, the following services are operated.[1]

Liner (ライナー, Liner) (Ln)[2]
All cars reserved seating. Trains run "down" in the morning, and "up" in the evening. Weekdays Only.
Rapid Limited Express "Rakuraku" (快速特急"洛楽", Kaisoku Tokkyū "Rakuraku") (RLE)
Premium car is reserved seating only
Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE)
Premium car is reserved seating only
Commuter Rapid Express (通勤快急, Tsūkin Kaikyū) (CRE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
Rapid Express (快速急行, Kaisoku Kyūkō) (RE) - premium car is reserved seating
Midnight Express (深夜急行, Shinya Kyūkō) (ME) - "up" trains only (Discontinued in 7/2021)
A train departs from Yodoyabashi for Kuzuha at 0:20 a.m. and passes Moriguchishi and Hirakata-kōen.
Express (急行, Kyūkō) (Ex)
Commuter Sub-express (通勤準急, Tsūkin Junkyū) (CSbE) - "down" trains only, on weekday mornings
Trains are operated from Demachiyanagi, Kuzuha, Hirakatashi to Yodoyabashi or Nakanoshima in the morning and pass Moriguchishi.
Sub-express (準急, Junkyū) (SbE)
Semi-express (区間急行, Kukan Kyūkō) (SmE)
Local (普通, Futsū)
Trains stop at all stations.
Operation in non-rush hours per hour
Limited express: 6 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
Express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Kuzuha
Sub. express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and Demachiyanagi
Local: 6 round trips between Nakanoshima and Kayashima, of which 3 extend to Demachiyanagi

Stations

  • S: Trains stop.
  • s: limited stop
  • |, ↑, ↓: Trains pass.
  • ↑, ↓: Only one direction.
  • ▼: Boarding only in "up" direction.
  • ▲: Boarding only in "down" direction.
  • (M): Stations using melodies composed by musician Minoru Mukaiya in train departure announcements.
  • For train abbreviations, see above.
Station number Station Japanese SmE SbE CSbE Ex ME RE CRE LE RLE Ln Transfers Location
Through section from Temmabashi:
L, SmE, SbE, CSbE, RE, CRE: to Nakanoshima on the Nakanoshima Line
KH01 Yodoyabashi (M) 淀屋橋 S S S S S S S S ▼ KH Keihan Nakanoshima Line (Ōebashi)
Osaka Metro Midosuji Line		 Chūō-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture
KH02 Kitahama 北浜 S S S S S S S S ▼ KH Keihan Nakanoshima Line (Naniwabashi)
Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line
KH03 Temmabashi (M) 天満橋 S S S S S S S S S ▼
KH04 Kyōbashi (M) 京橋 S S S S S S S S S ▼
Miyakojima-ku, Osaka
KH05 Noe 野江 | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | |
Jōtō-ku, Osaka
KH06 Sekime 関目 | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | | Osaka Metro Imazatosuji Line (Sekime-Seiiku)
KH07 Morishōji 森小路 | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | | Asahi-ku, Osaka
KH08 Sembayashi 千林 | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | |
KH09 Takii 滝井 | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | | Moriguchi
KH10 Doi 土居 | | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | |
KH11 Moriguchi-shi (M) 守口市 S S ↑ S ↓ S ↑ | | |
KH12 Nishisansō 西三荘 S | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | | Kadoma
KH13 Kadoma-shi 門真市 S | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | | ■ Osaka Monorail Main Line
KH14 Furukawabashi 古川橋 S | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | |
KH15 Ōwada 大和田 S | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | | |
KH16 Kayashima (M) 萱島 S S S | ↓ | ↑ | | | Neyagawa
KH17 Neyagawashi 寝屋川市 S S S S S S S | | |
KH18 Kōrien (M) 香里園 S S S S S S S | | |
KH19 Kōzenji 光善寺 S S S | ↓ | ↑ | | | Hirakata
KH20 Hirakata-kōen 枚方公園 S S S S ↓ | ↑ | | |
KH21 Hirakatashi (M) 枚方市 S S S S S S S S | S KH Keihan Katano Line
KH22 Gotenyama 御殿山 S S S | ↓ | ↑ | | |
KH23 Makino 牧野 S S S | ↓ | ↑ | | |
KH24 Kuzuha (M) 樟葉 S S S S S S S S | S
KH25 Hashimoto 橋本 S S | | ↑ | | | Yawata Kyoto Prefecture
KH26 Iwashimizu-hachimangū (M) 石清水八幡宮 S S S | ↑ | | | KH Keihan Cable Line (Cable-hachimangu-guchi)
KH27 Yodo (Kyoto Racecourse) (M) 淀
(京都競馬場)		 S S s | ↑ s | | Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
KH28 Chūshojima (M) 中書島 S S S S S S | S KH Keihan Uji Line
KH29 Fushimi-Momoyama 伏見桃山 S S | | ↑ | | |
KH30 Tambabashi (M) 丹波橋 S S S S S S | S Kintetsu Kyoto Line (Kintetsu-Tambabashi)
KH31 Sumizome 墨染 S S | | ↑ | | |
KH32 Fujinomori 藤森 S S | | ↑ | | |
KH33 Ryūkokudai-mae-fukakusa (M) 龍谷大前深草 S S | | ↑ | | |
KH34 Fushimi-Inari 伏見稲荷 S S S | ↑ | | |
KH35 Toba-kaidō 鳥羽街道 S S | | ↑ | | | Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
KH36 Tōfukuji 東福寺 S S | | ↑ | | | West Japan Railway Company  D  JR West Nara Line
KH37 Shichijō 七条 S S S S S S S ▲
KH38 Kiyomizu-Gojō 清水五条 S S S | ↑ | | |
KH39 Gion-Shijō 祇園四条 S S S S S S S ▲ Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (Kyoto-kawaramachi)
KH40 Sanjō (M) 三条 S S S S S S S ▲ Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (Sanjō Keihan)
KH Keihan_Ōtō_Line
Keihan Ōtō Line
KH41 Jingū-Marutamachi (M) 神宮丸太町 S S S | | | | | Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
KH42 Demachiyanagi (M) 出町柳 S S S S S S S ▲ Eizan Electric Railway Main Line

Rolling stock

History

The Temmabashi to Kiyomizu-Gojo section opened as dual track, electrified at 1,500 V DC, in 1910, and was extended to Sanjo in 1915. The Temmabashi to Yodoyabashi section opened in 1963.

The section between Kōrien Station and Hirakata-kōen Station is set to undergo a grade separation process beginning in September 2022.[3] Preliminary works such as land acquisition had already been in progress since 2013.[3] The project aims to eliminate 21 level crossings in the affected section, some of which are closed for up to 40 minutes per hour during the morning and afternoon rush hour. Work is expected to finish by 2027 with the transition to the elevated tracks happening by 2028.[3]

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

  1. ↑ (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ Official Keihan Website for Liner Services (in Japanese)
  3. 1 2 3 "京阪本線の寝屋川・枚方「高架化」鉄道工事が本格化 起工式開催、完成いつ？" [Keihan Main Line Neyagawa-Hirakata "elevated" railway construction is in full swing Groundbreaking ceremony held, when will it be completed?]. news.railway-pressnet.com (in Japanese). 12 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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