JR Kyoto Line

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JR Kyoto Line
A local train of Series 321 EMU, heading to Kyoto
A local train of Series 321 EMU, heading to Kyoto
Line length: - km
Gauge: 1067 mm
Voltage: 1500 =
Maximum speed: outer tracks: 130 / inner tracks: 120 km/h
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The JR Kyoto Line (JR京都線 JR Kyōto sen?) is the nickname of a portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station. The line is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

The Kyoto 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.

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[edit] Trains

  • Special Rapid Service (新快速)
    • Continuing service from the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line. Stops at Kyoto, Takatsuki, Shin-Osaka, and Osaka. Continues from Osaka on the Kobe Line to Himeji and beyond. 223 series electric cars are used.
  • Rapid Service (快速)
    • Continuing service from the Biwako Line and the Kosei Line. Stops at every station between Kyoto and Takatsuki (skips Nishi-Oji, Mukomachi, and Yamazaki during weekday mornings and nights), and then Ibaraki, Shin-Osaka, and Osaka. Continues from Osaka on the Kobe Line to Himeji and beyond. 223 series electric cars and 221 series electric cars are used.
  • Local trains (普通)
    • Service from Kyoto to Suma (daytime) and Nishi-Akashi (mornings and evenings) on the Kobe Line, and from Takatsuki to Shin-Sanda on the Takarazuka Line. Stops at all stations. 321 series electric cars and 207 series electric cars are used.

[edit] Stations

S: stop; |: pass; *S: pass during mornings and nights L: Local; R: Rapid; SR: Special Rapid For distances and transfers, see diagram.

Station L R SR Location
Tōkaidō Main Line
Continuing service from Biwako Line and Kosei Line
Kyoto 京都 S S S Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto Kyoto
Nishi-Ōji 西大路 S *S | Minami-ku,
Kyoto
Mukōmachi 向日町 S *S | Muko
Nagaokakyō 長岡京 S S | Nagaokakyo
Yamazaki 山崎 S *S | Oyamazaki, Otokuni District
Shimamoto 島本 S *S | Shimamoto, Mishima District Osaka
Takatsuki 高槻 S S S Takatsuki
Settsu-Tonda 摂津富田 S | |
Ibaraki 茨木 S S | Ibaraki
Senrioka 千里丘 S | | Settsu
Kishibe 岸辺 S | | Suita
Suita 吹田 S | |
Higashi-Yodogawa 東淀川 S | | Yodogawa-ku, Osaka
Shin-Osaka 新大阪 S S S
Osaka 大阪 S S S Kita-ku, Osaka
Continuing service on JR Kobe Line and JR Takarazuka Line

[edit] Station under construction

One station is under construction on the JR Kyoto Line. The new station, JR Katsura Station (provisional name), will be in Minami-ku, Kyoto, between Nishi-Ōji Station and Mukōmachi Station (5.2 km from Kyoto Station). Exact opening date of this station is not available.

[edit] History

  • March 13, 1988 – JR West starts the use of the line name JR Kyoto Line
  • March 15, 2008 – Shimamoto Station opens (first opening of new station after the naming in 1988)

[edit] See also

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