Kyoto Line (Kintetsu)

Kyoto Line
A limited express train
Overview
Native name京都線
OwnerThe logo of the Kintetsu Railway Company. Kintetsu Railway
Line numberB
LocaleKyoto Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Termini
Stations26
Color on map     (#e7a61a)
Service
Type
SystemThe logo of the Kintetsu Railway Company. Kintetsu Railway
Operator(s)Kintetsu Railway
Depot(s)
  • Shin-Tanabe
  • Saidaiji
  • Miyazu
History
Opened3 November 1928; 96 years ago (1928-11-03)
Technical
Line length34.6 km (21.5 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
Character
  • Heavy rail
  • Commuter rail
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Operating speed105 km/h (65 mph)
SignallingAutomatic closing block
Train protection systemKintetsu ATS, ATS-SP
Route map

Kintetsu Lines unless noted

JR-West lines
 B01 
Kyōto
0.0
closed 1946
Hachijō
 B02 
Tōji
0.9
Kujō
Kyoto Tram
Kujō Line
 B03 
Jūjō
1.5
Jūjō
 B04 
Kamitobaguchi
2.5
Kuinabashi
Takeda Depot
 B05 
Takeda
3.6
4.9
Fushimi
 B06 
original JNR Nara Line
Tambabashi
6.0
Kintetsu Tambabashi
 B07 
Fushimi Momoyama
6.5
Momoyamagoryōmae
 B08 
Yodo-Gawa Bridge
over Uji River
8.6
Mukaijima
 B09 
 B10 
Ogura
11.4
 B11 
Iseda
12.7
 B12 
Ōkubo
13.6
Shinden
 B13 
Kutsukawa
14.6
 B14 
Terada
15.9
 B15 
Tonoshō
17.4
Kizu-Gawa Bridge
over Kizu River
Kizugawa
closed 1974
Shin-Tanabe Depot
Kyōtanabe
19.6
Shin-Tanabe
 B16 
Dōshisha-mae
21.1
Kōdo
 B17 
JR Miyamaki
22.4
Miyamaki
 B18 
 
Miyazu
23.1
 
Kintetsu
Depot
 
Miyazu
 
 B19 
Shimokoma
24.4
Komada
 B20 
Hōsono
26.7
Shin-Hōsono
 B21 
28.2
Kizugawadai
 B22 
29.2
Yamadagawa
 B23 
30.8
Takanohara
 B24 
33.5
Heijō
 B25 
34.6
Yamato-Saidaiji
 B26 
Kintetsu Nara
Nara Line
 A28 
Saidaiji Depot


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.