Keihan Main Line

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Native name 京阪本線 Depot(s) Neyagawa, Yodo Owner Keihan Electric Railway		Opened 1910 Line length 49.3 km (30.6 mi)

Locale Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture Number of tracks 2 (Yodoyabashi - Temmabashi, Neyagawa - Sanjo)4 (Temmabashi - Neyagawa) Terminis Sanjō Station, Yodoyabashi Station

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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.

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Train services

As of March 16, 2013, the following services are operated.

Keihan Main Line The Keihan Main Line Traveling to Kyoto from Yodoyabashi Station

Limited Express (特急, Tokkyū) (LE)

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)

Midnight Express (深夜急行, Shinya Kyūkō) (ME) - "up" trains only

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.

Keihan Main Line The Keihan Main Line Keihan Electric Railway Kyoto Station

Operation in non-rush hours per hour

Limited express: 6 round trips between Yodoyabashi and DemachiyanagiExpress: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and KuzuhaSub. express: 3 round trips between Yodoyabashi and DemachiyanagiLocal: 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.

(M): Stations using melodies composed by musician Minoru Mukaiya in train departure announcements.

For train abbreviations, see above.

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.

References

Keihan Main Line Wikipedia

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