The Karasuma Line (烏丸線, Karasuma-sen) is one of the two lines of the Kyoto Municipal Subway operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau in Kyoto, Japan. On maps, diagrams and signboards, the line is colored green, and its stations are given numbers following the letter "K". It serves seven of Kyoto's eleven wards: Sakyō-ku, Kita-ku, Kamigyō-ku, Nakagyō-ku, Shimogyō-ku, Minami-ku, and Fushimi-ku. It connects Kokusaikaikan in Sakyō-ku and Takeda in Minami-ku.

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Karasuma Line
Kyoto subway 20 series unit 31 at Takeda station
Overview
Native name	烏丸線
Locale	Kyoto
Termini	Kokusaikaikan Takeda
Stations	15
Website	http://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kyoto Municipal Subway
Operator(s)	Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Depot(s)	Takeda
Rolling stock	10 series, 20 series EMUs
History
Opened	29 May 1981; 42 years ago (1981-05-29)
Technical
Line length	13.7 km (8.5 mi)[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed	75 km/h (45 mph)[1]
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0.0 K01 Kokusaikaikan 1.6 K02 Matsugasaki 2.6 K03 Kitayama Kamo River 3.8 K04 Kitaōji 4.6 K05 Kuramaguchi 5.4 K06 Imadegawa 6.9 K07 Marutamachi ← Tōzai Line (T13)→ 7.6 K08 Karasuma Oike ←Hankyu Kyoto Line→ Karasuma 8.5 K09 Shijō 9.3 K10 Gojō ←Sanin Main Line 10.3 K11 Kyōto ←Tokaido Main Line→ ←Kintetsu Kyoto Line ←Tokaido Shinkansen→ Nara Line→ 11.1 K12 Kujō 11.8 K13 Jūjō Kamo River 13.0 K14 Kuinabashi Kintetsu Kyoto Line Takeda Depot 13.7 K15 Takeda Kintetsu Kyoto Line Shin-Tanabe Yamato-Saidaiji Kintetsu Nara Line Kintetsu Nara

Between Kitaōji and Jūjō, trains run beneath the north–south Karasuma Street, hence the name. They link to the other subway line, the Tozai Line, at Karasuma Oike. They also connect to the JR lines at Kyoto Station and the Hankyu Kyoto Line running beneath Shijō Street at the intersection of Shijō Karasuma, Kyoto's central business district. At Shijō Karasuma, the subway station is named Shijō, whereas Hankyu's station is called Karasuma.

The Transportation Bureau and Kintetsu Railway jointly operate through services, which continue to the Kintetsu Kyoto Line to Kintetsu Nara Station in Nara. The Karasuma Line and the Kyoto Line connect at Kyoto and Takeda.

This line covers a total distance of 13.7 km (8.5 mi) in 26 minutes and the average daily ridership in 2009 was 411,881 passengers.^[2]

The section between Kitaōji and Kyoto was completed on May 29, 1981.^[1] The line was extended from Kyoto to Takeda on June 11, 1988.^[1] Through services from Kitaōji to Shin-Tanabe on the Kyoto Line started on August 28, 1988. The line was extended from Kitaōji to Kitayama on October 24, 1990. Oike Station was renamed Karasuma Oike Station on May 22, 1997, prior to the inauguration of the Tōzai Line running beneath the east–west Oike Street (御池通, Oike-dōri). The line was extended from Kitayama to Kokusaikaikan on June 3, 1997. Express services from Kokusaikaikan to Kintetsu Nara in Nara started on March 15, 2000.^{[citation needed]}