Keihan Main Line

Keihan Main Line
Keihan Main Line
	A Keihan 8000 series limited express in revised color scheme
Overview
Native name	京阪本線
Owner	Keihan Electric Railway
Locale	Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture
Termini	Yodoyabashi; Sanjō;
Service
Depot(s)	Neyagawa, Yodo
History
Opened	1910
Technical
Line length	49.3 km (30.6 mi)
Number of tracks	2 (Yodoyabashi - Temmabashi, Neyagawashi - Sanjo); 4 (Temmabashi - Neyagawashi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed	110 km/h (70 mph)
Route map
Route map
	Legend

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	▼	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	▼	Keihan Nakanoshima Line (Naniwabashi) Osaka Metro Sakaisuji Line
KH03	Temmabashi (M)	天満橋	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	▼	Keihan Nakanoshima Line Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line
KH04	Kyōbashi (M)	京橋	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	▼	JR West: O Osaka Loop Line H Gakkentoshi Line (Katamachi Line) H JR Tōzai Line Osaka Metro Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line	Miyakojima-ku, Osaka
KH05	Noe	野江	\|	\|	↑	\|	↓	\|	↑	\|	\|	\|	Osaka Metro Tanimachi Line (Noe-Uchindai) F JR West Osaka Higashi Line (JR-Noe)	Jōtō-ku, Osaka
KH06	Sekime	関目	\|	\|	↑	\|	↓	\|	↑	\|	\|	\|	Osaka Metro Imazatosuji Line (Sekime-Seiiku)	Jōtō-ku, Osaka
KH07	Morishōji	森小路	\|	\|	↑	\|	↓	\|	↑	\|	\|	\|		Asahi-ku, Osaka
KH08	Sembayashi	千林	\|	\|	↑	\|	↓	\|	↑	\|	\|	\|		Asahi-ku, Osaka
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	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		\|	↑	\|	\|	\|	Keihan Cable Line (Cable-hachimangu-guchi)	Yawata
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	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	\|		\|	↑	\|	\|	\|	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) 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	Sakyō-ku, Kyoto

Rolling stock

Keihan 3000 series express in January 2018
Keihan 13000 series express in August 2017

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.^{[citation needed]}

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]

External links

Keihan Nakanoshima Line website (in Japanese)

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)
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.

[1] [1](in Japanese)

[2] [2] Official Keihan Website for Liner Services (in Japanese)

[:0-3] "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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