The Keishin Line (京津線, Keishin-sen) is an interurban partially-street running railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway. The 7.5 km (4.7 mi) line connects Misasagi Station in Kyoto and Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station in the neighbouring city of Ōtsu.

Keihan Keishin Line
A Keihan 800 series train on the street-running section
Overview
Native name京阪京津線
LocaleKyoto Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture
Termini
Stations7
Service
Operator(s)Keihan Electric Railway
History
Opened1912
Closed1997 (Misasagi - Keishin-Sanjo)
Technical
Line length7.5 km (4.7 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead catenary

Train service

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Except trains between Shinomiya Station and Hamaōtsu Station in early morning and late night, all trains go directly from Hamaōtsu Station to Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station or Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station on the Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line. During off peak hours, the line operates every 20 minutes.

Stations and connecting lines

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Railway map around Keishin Line
No. Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Operations continue to Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line.
T08 Misasagi 御陵 0.0   Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (through trains) Yamashina-ku,
Kyoto
OT31 Keihan Yamashina 京阪山科 1.5 JR West (Yamashina Station)
 A  Tōkaidō Line (Biwako Line)
 B  Kosei Line
  Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line (T07: Yamashina Station)
OT32 Shinomiya 四宮 2.1
OT33 Oiwake 追分 3.4 Ōtsu, Shiga
OT34 Ōtani 大谷 5.0
OT35 Kamisakaemachi 上栄町 6.7
OT12 Biwako-Hamaōtsu びわ湖浜大津 7.5 Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line
Abandoned stations
  • Midorigaoka Undōjō-mae: Shinomiya - Oiwake (extra station, abandoned in 1942)
  • Kamisekidera: Ōtani - Kamisakaemachi (abandoned on August 15, 1971)
  • Fudanotsuji: Kamisakaemachi - Biwako-Hamaōtsu (abandoned on October 1, 1946)
 
Keihan 80 Series interurban train operating on the streetrunning section in Kyoto before diversion into the Tozai Subway Line.

Abandoned section

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The station list is as of 1997 before the street running section was abandoned due to replacement by the Tōzai Line subway. It also lists the corresponding subway stations that replaced the Keishin Line stations.

Station Connection / note Replaced by Location
Keishin-Sanjō Keihan Main Line, Keihan Ōtō Line Sanjō-Keihan Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
Higashiyama-Sanjō Higashiyama
Heianjingū-mae Abandoned in 1944
Okazakimichi Abandoned in 1931
Keage Keage
Kujōyama Yamashina-ku, Kyoto
Hinooka Misasagi
Misasagi

Rolling stock

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History

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The line was built in 1912 (dual track electrified at 600 V DC) to connect the city centers of Kyoto and Ōtsu by electric streetcars, as the steam-powered Tōkaidō Main Line was an indirect route between the two cities before its realignment in 1921.[citation needed]

The busiest section of the line, between Keishin-Sanjō Station and Misasagi Station, was replaced in 1997 by the Kyoto Subway Tōzai Line, and the voltage increased to 1,500 V DC in conjunction with this project.[citation needed] One of the aims of the realignment was to move the tracks underground in the Kyoto area, in order to remove the former alignment along public roads. The line retains its public road alignment in Ōtsu.

References

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